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nikkujjitanti

nikkujjita

past participle (pp) of nikkujjati

1. turned upside down; inverted

Built from

• ni- — prefix · out, away
  Prefix meaning out of, away from; intensified here by -k-. Spatial: removal or displacement outward.
• kkujjita — stem · bent, crooked
  Past participle stem of √kuj (bend, twist). The doubled -kk- reflects assimilation after the prefix. Crooked or twisted condition resulting from the action.

Analysis. nikkujjitaṃ + iti: the past participle nikkujjitaṃ (turned upside down) + iti (thus, so), functioning as a quotative or attributive phrase

Etymology. nik (out, intensively) + kujjita (bent, crooked): to bend or twist outward and away, making crooked or inverted. The prefix nik- is a variant of ni- (down, into) reinforced by k-, suggesting forceful displacement. Kujjita derives from √kuj (to bend, twist), related to Sanskrit kuj- and ultimately to the Indo-European root for 'bend' seen in English 'crutch' and Latin 'curvus'.

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

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