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odakantike

odakantika

masc acc pl of odakantika (adj); nt acc pl of odakantika (adj); masc loc sg of odakantika (adj); nt loc sg of odakantika (adj); …

1. requiring a wash at the end; unclean; dirty; lit. with water at the end
2. shoreline; waterline; lit. near water

Built from

• odaka — root · water
  From √ud (up, out); water as that which flows out and up. Cognate with Sanskrit udaka, Latin unda 'wave', English wet.
• anta — root · end, boundary
  From √ant; the terminus or edge of something. Cognate with Sanskrit anta-, Latin ante 'before', English end.
• ika — ending · having, characterized by
  Adjectival suffix forming adjectives that denote possession of a quality or relation to the preceding root. Marks the compound as an adjective.

Analysis. oda + anta + ika: odaka (water) + anta (end, boundary) + ika (having the quality of); literally 'having water at the end or boundary', hence both 'needing water for washing' and 'situated at the water's edge'.

Etymology. odaka is from √ud 'water', anta from √ant 'to end' (cognate with Sanskrit anta-, Latin ante 'before', English end). The suffix -ika forms adjectives of quality or relation.

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

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