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paṭikaṅkhati

pr 3rd sg of paṭikaṅkhati (verb)

1. anticipates; expects; awaits; personally wishes (for)

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against
  The spatial sense 'back' or 'counter-direction' underlies the sense of reciprocity and return. Cognate with Greek prós 'toward, against'.
• kaṅkh — root · wish, desire, tremble
  Sanskrit kañcati 'trembles, wavers'; the root captures both longing and its restless, wavering quality. Here nominalized and bound to the prefix.
• a — ending · present stem marker
  Marks the thematic present stem, before personal inflection.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg. active
  Third-person singular present indicative active ending, marking he/she/it wishes back (anticipates).

Analysis. paṭi + kaṅkhati: 'back toward' (counter-direction) + 'desires, wishes'; the prefix reverses or internalizes the wish — one turns an expectation back upon oneself, anticipating what comes.

Etymology. paṭi- (back, against; from Indo-European *pret- 'forward', Greek prós 'toward, against') + √kaṅkh (wish, desire; cognate with Sanskrit kañcati 'trembles, wavers', root of ambivalent longing). The prefix gives the sense of an inward-turning or reciprocal wish—what one pulls back toward oneself through expectation.

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

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