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pavattito
pavatti
fem abl sg of pavatti (noun); masc nom sg of pavattita (pp); nt abl sg of pavattī (adj)
- pavatti (fem): story; news; incident; lit. proceeding forward
- pavatti (fem): occurrence; existence (of); lit. proceeding forward
- pavatti (fem): happening; appearance; manifestation; lit. proceeding forward
- pavatti (fem): course of an individual existence; lit. proceeding forward
- pavattita (pp): rolled forward; set into motion; set out; lit. proceeded forward
- pavattita (pp): kept going, wielded, behaved; lit. proceeded forward
- pavattī (adj): going on; occurring; continuing; flowing; manifesting; lit. proceeding forward
Built from
- pa — prefix · forward, forth
Intensifies the action of rolling or turning. Cognate with Latin pro- and Greek pro-.
- vat — root · roll, turn, move
The root of rolling motion; cognate with Sanskrit vartate 'turns' and distantly related to Latin vellere 'pull' through the sense of drawing something along.
- ti — ending · nominalizing suffix
Converts the verbal root into a feminine noun pavatti, which can then be declined through case endings.
- to — ending · ablative/nominative marker
Marks the masculine nominative singular of pavattita (past participle) or ablative singular of the noun pavatti in certain inflectional forms.
Analysis. pavattito is a sandhi form where the stem pavatti has been extended: pav- (the past participle stem pavattita or the noun/adjective pavatti with adjectival suffix -ī) + -to (ablative singular ending for masculine pavattita, or nominative singular marker for masculine forms). The word represents motion set in motion—'from a proceeding' or 'by/in a proceeding'.
Etymology. From pa- (forward, forth, intensifying) + √vat (to roll, move, go) + -ti (nominalization suffix). The root √vat and its derivatives are cognate with Latin vellere 'to pull' and Sanskrit vartate 'it turns, rolls'. The prefix pa- gives the sense of motion brought forth or set forward, making pavatti the concrete image of something rolling or flowing ahead—hence 'proceeding, happening, course of events'.