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maṁsapesīti

maṁsapeseti

3rd person singular present indicative active of maṁsapeseti (verb); surface form shows contraction of maṁsa + peseti

1. crushes or softens flesh
2. breaks down meat

Built from

• maṁsa — root · flesh
  Noun from PIE *mems- 'flesh, meat', cognate with Latin membrum and Greek meros.
• pese — stem · crushes, pounds
  Denominative or causative stem built on √piṁs 'to pound'; preserves the concrete action of grinding by mortar and pestle.
• -ti — ending · 3rd sg. present
  Primary active present tense ending; marks indicative mood, singular subject.

Analysis. maṁsa (flesh) + peseti (crushes, from √piṁs 'to pound'). The word compounds a noun of material substance with a verb of grinding or pounding action.

Etymology. maṁsa is from the PIE root *mems- (flesh, meat; cognates: Latin membrum, Greek meros 'part, limb', English member). peseti derives from √piṁs, related to Latin pinsō 'to pound', Greek pēgnumai 'to fix'. The concrete imagery preserves the manual act of pounding flesh into smaller pieces.

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

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