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okkhāyikā

okkhāyika

masc nom pl of okkhāyika (adj); fem nom sg of okkhāyika (adj); fem nom pl of okkhāyika (adj); nt nom pl of okkhāyika (adj); …

1. sunk deeply; deeply receded; lit. exhausted down

Built from

• o- — prefix · down
  Variant of ava-; spatial downward motion, from √khā 'dig, hollow'.
• kkhāy- — root · sink, subside
  From √khā 'to dig, hollow out'; forms the verbal stem khāyati and adjectival derivative kkhāyika.
• -ika — ending · adjective suffix
  Forms adjectives from verbal stems; -ika often denotes a quality or condition deriving from the verbal root.

Analysis. o- (ava-, down) + kkhāyika (from khāyati, to sink/subside) — literally 'sinking downward', hence recessed or sunken in appearance.

Etymology. Compound of ava 'down' (Latin au-, English off) + khāyati 'sinks, subsides' (from √khā 'to dig, hollow out'). The prefix ava- carries its spatial sense of downward motion into the image of recession or sinking.

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

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