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paribhuñjāma

paribhuñjati

pr 1st pl of paribhuñjati (verb); imp 1st pl of paribhuñjati (verb)

1. uses; makes use of; lit. uses all around
2. eats; consumes; lit. uses all around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, completely
  The spatial sense of going all the way round becomes the sense of completeness or comprehensiveness. Related to Greek peri- (perimeter).
• bhuñj — root · enjoy, use
  Appears in Sanskrit bhuj- (bend, enjoy). The root's primary concrete imagery is bending or breaking, later generalized to using or enjoying.
• ā — ending · toward, up to
  Reverses the direction of the root; here it strengthens or completes the verbal action.
• ma — ending · 1st plural
  First person plural present indicative or imperative marker.

Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round) + bhuñjati (enjoys, uses). The prefix pari- marks the action as complete or thorough: to use something comprehensively, to consume or enjoy fully.

Etymology. From √bhuj (enjoy, use), which appears in Sanskrit bhuj- (bend, enjoy) and Greek phagein (eat) — both trace to the same Indo-European root *bhewg- (bend, break). The prefix pari- (around, completely) intensifies the basic sense of using or enjoying into using-all-around, enjoying-fully.

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

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