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sakkato

sakka

masc abl sg of sakka (ptp); nt abl sg of sakka (ptp); masc abl sg of sakka (noun); masc abl pl of sakka (noun); …

1. sakka (ptp): able; capable; proficient; lit. to be able
2. sakka (masc): name of the king of the Devas; Sakka
3. sakka (masc): Sakyan; man of the Sakyan race
4. sakkata (pp): honoured; esteemed; respected (by)
5. sakkā (masc): people of Sakya; Sakyans

Built from

• sak — root · be able, have power
  Verbal root meaning capacity or strength. Cognate with Sanskrit śak-, Greek σχεῖν (to hold, have), and English shake (originally to drive or thrust with force).
• -ka — ending · able, capable (ptp suffix)
  Denominal or deverbal adjective suffix forming past participles and adjectives from verbal roots. Here: one who is able.

Etymology. Root √sak- (to be able, to have power) is cognate with Sanskrit śak-, Greek σχεῖν (skhe-ein, to hold, have), and English "shake" (originally to have force or drive). The past participle sakka (able) shows the root + -ka suffix forming adjectives from verbal roots.

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

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