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oluggaviluggā

oluggavilugga

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

1. slipped down and hanging at wrong angles; collapsed and hanging skew

Built from

• oluggá — stem · slipped, awry
  From √lugga "to slip, slide" with o- prefix; describes something gone wrong in position.
• vilugga — stem · hanging loose, disarranged
  From vi- (apart, asunder) + √lugga (slip, slide); the prefix vi- marks scattering or disorder in different directions.

Analysis. Compound of oluggá (slipped down, awry) + vilugga (hanging loose, disarranged); a reduplicative-type intensifying pair, both adjectives describing displacement and disorder.

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

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