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ossavanepi

ossavana

nt

1. (of roof) eaves; overhang; drip fringe; lit. flowing down

Built from

• ava — prefix · down, downward
  Spatial prefix indicating water or liquid flowing down. Cognate with Latin au- (aufero 'carry off').
• √sru — root · flow, stream
  Root denoting motion of liquid or sound. Cognates: Sanskrit sravati, Latin fluō, English stream, German Strom.
• -ana — ending · abstract noun
  Nominalizing suffix creating an abstract or concrete noun from the root; here, 'the flowing down', reified as the eaves or overhang structure.

Analysis. ossavane (nom. sg.) + api (even, also): a locative-plus-particle form, 'even on the eaves', 'right at the overhang'.

Etymology. oss-ava-na from ava (down, downward) + √sru (to flow): 'flowing down'. √sru cognate with Sanskrit sravati, Latin fluō, English stream. The prefix ava- shows the downward motion of water; -ana is the abstract nominalizing suffix.

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

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