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maggānugā

maggānuga

masc nom pl of maggānuga (adj); fem nom sg of maggānuga (adj); fem nom pl of maggānuga (adj); nt nom pl of maggānuga (adj); …

1. following the road; going along the path

Built from

• magga — root · path, way
  From √mah 'to go', related to Sanskrit mārga. The concrete sense is a track or road worn by traffic.
• anu — prefix · along after, following
  Cognate with Greek ana (in sense of 'along, up through'). Conveys the idea of trailing behind and following in the tracks of.
• ga — root · go, move
  From √gam. Cognate with English 'come', Greek basis (from kinema), Latin venire. One who follows goes along after.
• -a — ending · neuter/masculine singular
  The compound stem in this form is maggānuga, with inflectional endings agreeing with noun and adjective concord as appropriate to context.

Analysis. magga (path, way) + anuga (following, going after); a tatpurusha compound meaning 'one who follows the path'. anuga itself is anu + ga, 'going along after'.

Etymology. magga: from √mah (to go), cognate with Sanskrit mārga and Latin meāre (to go, move). anuga: anu (along after, following) + √gam (go). The prefix anu carries the sense of trailing behind or following in the tracks of something.

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

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