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pīte

pīta

masc acc pl of pīta (pp); nt acc pl of pīta (pp); masc loc sg of pīta (pp); nt loc sg of pīta (pp); …

1. drunk
2. drinking; sipping; lit. drunk
3. (of a metal) quenched; hardened in water; lit. drunk
4. (of medicine) taken; swallowed; lit. drunk
5. soaked; steeped; lit. drunk
6. yellow; golden
7. yellow colour

Built from

• pī — root · drink
  The bare root meaning "to drink". Cognates: Latin bibō, Greek píō, Sanskrit pibati; all from Indo-European *peh₃-.
• ta — ending · past participle
  The past participle suffix -ta marks a completed action. Here it forms a passive or resultative sense: "drunk" (having been drunk), "quenched" (having been quenched).

Etymology. From √pī (pibati), to drink. Related to Latin bibō, Greek píō, English "imbibe" (through Latin), all from Indo-European *peh₃- "to drink". The yellow sense derives from a secondary metaphorical use, perhaps influenced by yellow-tinged liquids or the colour of drink.

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

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