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nivāsetvā

absolutive (gerundive) of nivāseti

1. having dressed up (in); having robed up; having put on; having donned

Built from

• ni — prefix · down, into
  Marks movement downward or inward. In dressing, the action of drawing garment down onto one's body.
• vās — root · wear, dress, dwell
  √vas is cognate with Latin vestis (garment), English wear, German Westen. Originally denoted inhabiting or covering, hence wearing clothes.
• e — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks the present-stem formation of the verb (3rd sing. present nivāseti).
• tvā — ending · absolutive
  Absolutive suffix marking a completed action temporally or causally prior to the main verb; expresses 'having done' without explicit subject agreement.

Analysis. ni- (down, into) + vāseti (dresses, robes); the absolutive marks a completed action preceding the main verb.

Etymology. √vas (to dwell, wear, dress) + ni- prefix; cognate with Latin vestis (garment, dress), English wear, German Weste (vest); the prefix ni- (down, into) gives the sense of putting on or donning — drawing clothing down upon oneself.

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

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