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opilāpessāmīti

opilāpeti

3rd person singular future of opilāpeti

1. immerses; drowns (in); lit. causes to float down

Built from

• ava — prefix · down, off
  Spatial prefix meaning downward motion; Latin au- (aufero). Here intensifies the sense of sinking or submersion.
• pilāp — stem · float, drift (causative)
  Causative stem of pilati (to float, drift). The reduplicated form pilāpeti means to cause floating or immersion.
• essā — ending · future stem
  Future stem marker -ess- marking the future tense, attaching to the verb root.
• mi — ending · 1st singular
  Primary ending indicating 1st person singular indicative. In context with iti, it records direct speech: 'I will immerse'.

Analysis. opilāpessāmi + iti: future indicative stem opilāpessā- + 1st person singular -mi, followed by the quotative particle iti (thus, saying).

Etymology. o/ava (down, off) + pilāpeti (causative of pilati, to float or drift). The prefix ava- carries its spatial sense of downward motion, here applied metaphorically to immersion and drowning. The root pilā- (to float, drift) is related to Sanskrit plaváte; no secure Indo-European cognate.

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

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