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passe

passa

nt acc pl of passa (noun); nt loc sg of passa (noun); masc acc pl of passa (adj); nt acc pl of passa (adj); …

1. passa (nt): (of the body) side; rib
2. passa (nt): side; edge; border
3. passa (nt): (of a mountain) slope; side
4. passa (adj): near to; neighbouring; bordering
5. passati (pr): sees
6. passati (pr): understands; gets; lit. sees
7. passati (pr): finds; encounters; meets with; lit. sees
8. passati (pr): looks at; observes; examines; inspects; lit. sees
9. …

Built from

• paś — root · see, perceive
  The root appears in passati 'sees'. The noun passa ('side') extends the concrete perception-meaning to 'visible surface' or 'that which faces outward'.
• -a — ending · neuter nominative singular suffix
  Forms the noun stem passa from the root. In this form (passe), the accusative plural -e replaces the nominative -a.

Etymology. Root √paś (Sanskrit paśyati 'sees') with -a noun suffix. The concrete sense 'side' develops from 'that which is seen' or 'the side one looks toward'. Cognate with English peer, Latin perspicere, Greek opsesthai (all from IE *okw- 'to see'), though the Pali semantic path via 'observable surface' is distinct. Sanskrit pakṣa ('side', also 'wing', 'faction') shows a similar semantic development from the same root.

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

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