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muttāni

mutta

nt nom pl of mutta (noun); nt acc pl of mutta (noun); nt voc pl of mutta (noun); nt nom pl of mutta (pp); …

1. urine
2. released; freed; liberated; let loose (from)
3. (of illness) recovered (from); lit. released
4. quick; rapid; swift; lit. released

Built from

• mu — root · release, let go
  The root √muc carries the image of loosening or setting free from constraint. Cognate with Latin mungere (to wipe, blow) in emungere; related to English much in the sense of outflow or abundance released.
• tta — ending · past participle
  The suffix -tta marks the past participle, here used as a noun or adjective. In the plural neuter, it takes the form -āni (nom/acc/voc pl).

Etymology. Past participle of √muc (to release, let go), cognate with Latin emungere (to blow the nose, from e- + mungere to wipe), and English much (in the sense of quantity released or let flow); the spatial sense of release—moving away from constraint—underlies all meanings: physical freedom, recovery, and the notion of quick motion as unobstructed flow.

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

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