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māpesiṁ

māpeti

3rd person singular aorist active indicative of māpeti (also in contracted form māpesiṁ, with ṁ = aṁ)

1. caused to measure
2. had measured
3. measured out

Built from

• mā — prefix · intensive, causative
  Intensifies or causativizes the action; transforms √ap into a strong transitive form.
• ap — root · fit, measure, join
  Cognate with English "apt", Latin "aptus". Develops from concrete joining to the idea of fitting together dimensions.
• e — stem · factitive stem formant
  Marks the verb as causative/factitive in formation.
• siṁ — ending · 3sg aorist active
  Aorist tense with -s- marker; -iṁ is the 3rd singular ending (contracted from -aṁ in this form).

Etymology. From mā- (intensive/causative prefix on √ap, "to fit, join, measure") + -peti (causative suffix forming verbs of action). The root √ap shares proto-Indo-European origins with English "apt" and Latin "aptus" (fitted, suitable). The intensive/causative sense develops from the concrete notion of fitting or joining things together.

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

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