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muttanti
mutta
nominative neuter singular (or accusative) + iti particle
- mutta (nt): urine
- mutta (pp): released; freed; liberated; let loose (from)
- mutta (pp): (of illness) recovered (from); lit. released
- mutta (pp): quick; rapid; swift; lit. released
- muttā (fem): pearl; lit. released
- muttā (fem): name of an arahant nun; lit. released
- muttā (fem): name of an arahant nun; lit. released
Built from
- mu — root · release, loosen
From Indo-European *meuk-; also appears in English much (originally 'to move, transfer') and Sanskrit muc. The image is of letting go or discharging.
- tta — ending · past participle
Forms the perfective adjective or past participle, marking the action as completed: released, freed, or (for the noun) discharged.
- ṃ — ending · nominative/accusative
Case marker for the noun in nominative (subject/predicate) or accusative (object) neuter singular.
- iti — prefix · thus, so
Quotative or emphasizing particle marking the utterance or drawing attention to what precedes.
Analysis. muttaṃ + iti: the neuter noun or past participle mutta (urine, or released/freed) in nominative or accusative case, followed by the quotative/emphasizing particle iti (thus, so), forming an utterance or exclamation.
Etymology. mutta as past participle from √muc (Sanskrit √muc, to release, let go, free), cognate with English much (originally to change hands, transfer) and Greek myxa (to let slip, be loose). The concrete image is loosening one's grip. The noun mutta (urine) is the released/discharged substance.