khāyite

khāyita

masc acc pl of khāyita (pp); nt acc pl of khāyita (pp); masc loc sg of khāyita (pp); nt loc sg of khāyita (pp); …

chewed; bitten; gnawed (by)
eating; chewing; lit. chewed

Built from

khād — root · chew, eat
The sensory root of mastication; to break food with teeth. Related to Sanskrit khādati and English 'chew'.
ita — ending · past participle
The -ita ending marks a completed action; here, something that has been chewed or bitten. Agrees in gender, number, and case with its head noun.

Etymology. From √khād (to chew, eat), cognate with Sanskrit khādati and related to English 'chew' (both from Indo-European *geu- 'to taste, chew'). The root denotes the action of breaking down food with the teeth.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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