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pakkhipitvā

absolutive of pakkhipati

1. having poured (something into); lit. having thrown
2. having put (in); having placed (inside); lit. having thrown

Built from

• pak — prefix · forward (pa- before kh-)
  The prefix pa- meaning 'forth, forward' appears here as pak- by sandhi before the initial kh- of the root. Concrete sense: motion away from the speaker.
• khip — root · throw, hurl
  √khip 'throw'. Cognate with Sanskrit kṣipati and Greek psallō (both from IE *skew-). The root carries the image of a sudden, forceful motion.
• a — stem · 3rd sg. present stem
  The vowel a marks the present tense stem of this class of verbs.
• tvā — ending · absolutive marker
  The absolutive -tvā marks the action as completed before the action of the main verb, converting the finite verb into an adverbial form.

Analysis. pakkhipati is pak- + khipati, where pak- is a variant sandhi form of pa- (forward) before kh-, and khipati means 'throws' (√khip). Together: 'throws forward (into)', hence 'pours in, inserts'. The absolutive -tvā marks the action as complete before the main verb.

Etymology. pa- + khipati (√khip 'throw'). The root √khip is cognate with Sanskrit kṣipati, Greek psallō 'pluck' (via IE *skew- 'throw, shoot'). The prefix pa- carries the sense of forward motion, intensifying the notion of throwing: 'throws forth into'.

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

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