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nākaramhāti

nākaramha

1st person plural aorist of karoti

1. we did not do; we did not make

Built from

• nā — prefix · not, without
  Negation; the sense is plain denial of the action. Cognate with English un- and Greek a(n)-.
• kar — root · do, make
  The root of karoti; cognate with Sanskrit kṛ, Greek keirein 'cut', Latin creare 'create'. The action is the basic sense of 'doing'.
• amha — ending · 1st person plural
  Aorist ending marking the first person plural; indicates 'we' performed (or in this case, did not perform) the action in past time.
• iti — ending · quotation marker
  Marks the preceding words as quoted speech or reported statement; often used to introduce or close direct discourse.

Analysis. nā + karamha: nā (negative prefix) + karamha (1st plural aorist of karoti 'do, make'). The form nākaramhāti appears to be nākaramha + iti (quotation/statement marker), preserving the direct speech or assertion of non-action.

Etymology. nā from a/an- 'not', the primary Pali negation; karoti from √kar 'do, make', cognate with Sanskrit kṛ, Greek keirein 'cut', Latin creare 'create'. The prefix nā (variant of na before vowels, or possibly influenced by ā-insertion) negates the whole verb phrase.

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

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