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omutteyya

omutteti

opt 3rd sg of omutteti (verb)

1. urinates down (onto)

Built from

• o — prefix · down, off
  Assimilated form of ava- before the following m. Carries the concrete image of downward and outward motion.
• mutt — root · urinate
  Ancient root for urination and bodily waste; Sanskrit mutra 'urine' derives from the same root.
• e — stem · stem vowel
  Thematic stem formative.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular optative
  Marks the verb as third person singular optative mood, expressing what the subject should or might do.

Analysis. o- (ava-, downward) + mutteti (causative of muttati, to urinate); the prefix ava- assimilates to o- before m, showing the concrete image of urine flowing downward and away.

Etymology. ava- (down, off; Latin au- in aufero, English off) + √mutt- (to urinate; related to Sanskrit mutra, urine, and Indo-European *meuk- 'to void'). The spatial prefix ava- retains its downward sense even in this bodily function.

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

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