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pariyāyamakāsi

aor 3rd sg of pariyāyamakāsi (verb); aor 2nd sg of pariyāyamakāsi (verb)

1. went out of one's way; made a detour; took a turn

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, all the way round
  Marks completeness and fullness of motion; here, going in a full circle or roundabout path. Cognate to Greek peri- (perimeter).
• yā — root · go, proceed
  The action of motion or traveling. Cognate to Latin īre and Greek ienai (go).
• akāsi — ending · 2nd or 3rd sg aorist
  Marks the simple past tense, either second person singular (you went around) or third person singular (he/she went around) depending on context.

Analysis. pari-yāya-m-akāsi: pari (around, all the way round) + yāya (stem of yāti, goes) + -m- (sandhi-joining vowel before -a-) + -akāsi (2nd or 3rd sg aorist ending). The root yā- means 'go' or 'proceed'; the prefix pari- conveys going 'all the way around' or 'in a roundabout way', hence detouring or making a circuit.

Etymology. From √yā (go, proceed), cognate with Latin īre (go) and Greek ienai, with prefixal pari- (around, all the way round, from the sense of completeness and perambulation).

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

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