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ovadeyyāsīti

ovadati

pr

1. ovadati (pr): advises; instructs; admonishes; lit. speaks down
2. ovadeti (pr): instructs; admonishes; counsels; lit. causes to speak down

Analysis. ovadeyya + asīti; ovadeyyāsi + iti; ovadeyyaṃ + asīti

Etymology. ava + vada + ti; from √vad 'say, speak'; Sanskrit avavad (bsk) [avavad]

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

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