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nevāpiko

nevāpika

masc nom sg of nevāpika (noun)

1. baiter; catcher; trapper; lit. who throws down

Etymology. ni > ne + √vap > vāp + *a + *ika; from √vap 'sow, shave'; Sanskrit nivāpaka [nivap]

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

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