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saṅkamanti

saṅkamati

pr 3rd pl of saṅkamati (verb)

1. ?? goes across; (or) act as a bridge ??; lit. goes together
2. shifts; transfers; moves across (to); lit. goes together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, with
  Spatial prefix: things brought into one. Cognates: English 'same', Latin similis, Greek homo-.
• kam — root · go, move
  Core root for motion and transit. Cognate with Sanskrit gam-, English 'come'.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Marks the verb as thematic (a-class), inherited from Indo-European.
• ti — ending · 3rd plural present
  3rd person plural present indicative: indicates multiple agents acting in the present moment.

Analysis. saṁ- (together) + kamati (goes): literally 'goes together', used for crossing over, transition, or moving from one state to another.

Etymology. saṁ- (together, with; from PIE *sem- as in English 'same', Latin similis) + √kam (go, move; related to Sanskrit gam-, English 'come'). The prefix saṁ- adds the sense of unified or coordinated movement, so the compound suggests movement that brings things or beings into a new configuration—crossing, transitioning, or shifting together.

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

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