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paccuttaritvā

absolute, past participle (of paccuttarati)

1. (of water) having emerged; having come out (of)

Built from

• pacc — prefix · back, against
  Assimilated form of paṭi-. Spatial sense: facing back, in return.
• ut — prefix · up, out
  Cognate with English 'out'. Spatial sense: upward and outward motion.
• tari — root · cross, traverse
  √tṛ in Sanskrit; cognate with English 'through' and Latin 'trans'. The root sense is to move across or through a boundary.
• tvā — ending · absolutive
  Marks completion of action; indicates the action occurred before the main clause event.

Analysis. pacc- (paṭi-, back/against) + uttari (ut-, up/out + √tṛ, cross) + -tvā (absolutive ending). The word describes something that has risen up and crossed back out, or emerged back to the surface.

Etymology. paṭi (back, against, in return) + ut (up, out) + √tṛ (to cross, traverse; cognate with English 'through', Latin 'trans'). The spatial image is of something that has moved upward and outward, crossing back through a boundary (e.g. water returning to the surface).

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

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