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pūjeyyunti

pūjeti

3rd person plural optative of pūjeti

1. reveres; honours; respects
2. offers something with devotion

Built from

• pūje — stem · honour, revere
  Optative stem built from the present-tense root pūj- (active voice). The concrete imagery is placing or presenting something before a revered object.
• yyu — ending · optative marker
  Marks the optative mood, expressing wish or potential action. In Pali optatives, -yyu- is inserted between stem and personal ending.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural
  Personal ending indicating third person plural, 'they' or 'one would'. Combined with optative, 'they might revere'.

Analysis. pūje + yyu + nti: optative stem pūje- (from pūjeti) + optative marker -yyu- + 3rd plural ending -nti.

Etymology. √pūj- is obscure in Indo-European terms, but the Pali attestation is clear: pūjeti 'to honour' is a denominative from pūjā 'worship, offering', which may be related to Sanskrit pūjayati. The word carries no certain cognates in Greek or Latin; it appears to be either of obscure origin or a substrate word. The concrete sense is that of placing something (flowers, food, incense) before a revered person or deity.

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

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