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munīti

munāti

3rd person singular present indicative

1. munāti (pr): knows; understands
2. muni (masc): monk; sage; seer; hermit; silent sage
3. muni (nt): sage-hood; sagacity; sainthood
4. muni (aor): knew, understood
5. munī (masc): monk; sage; seer; hermit; silent sage

Built from

• mun — root · be silent, think
  The root denotes both silence (withdrawal from speech) and concentrated mental activity. Cognates: Sanskrit mun-, English mind, Latin mens (thought, mind).
• ā — ending · present-stem formant
  Lengthened vowel that forms the present-system stem from the root, characteristic of -ā present conjugation.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg. pres. indic.
  Third-person singular present-indicative ending, marking the action as real and contemporaneous.

Analysis. muna + iti: the auxiliary iti "thus, so" appended to the root mun- in present-stem form; forms a periphrastic or emphatic present.

Etymology. √mun- "to be silent, think, know" is related to Sanskrit mun- (in munisand other derivatives) and ultimately to the Indo-European root *men- "to think, mind" (English mind, mental; Latin mens; Greek menos). The sense evolved from the concrete image of internal stillness and focused thought to knowledge gained through silent contemplation.

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

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