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nemantaniko

nemantanika

masc nom sg of nemantanika (adj)

1. who accepts invitations

Built from

• ne — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation marking absence or refusal. Related to Sanskrit na, English no.
• mant — root · refuse, reject
  From √man 'think, refuse'; cognate with Sanskrit man-, Latin mens 'mind', English mind. The sense shifted from 'mentally withhold' to 'refuse'.
• anika — ending · agent, quality
  The suffix -ika forms adjectives and agent nouns. The nasal -an- is a formative element before the suffix, creating mantanika 'one who refuses'.

Analysis. nemantanika from ne-mantanika: ne (not) + mantanika (one who refuses/rejects, from manti 'refuses' + -ika). The word uses litotes (negation of the opposite) to mean 'one who does not refuse', hence 'one who accepts'. Alternatively, from nemantanā (invitation, from nemantanī) + -ika, 'pertaining to invitation-acceptance'.

Etymology. The first element ne- (not, negation; related to na 'no') combines with a verbal or nominal stem. The root appears related to √man (think, perceive, refuse), cognate with Sanskrit man-, Latin mens (mind), English mind. The suffix -ika denotes quality or agent.

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

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