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sanneyya

sanneti

opt 3rd sg of sanneti (verb)

1. mixes; combines; lit. leads together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together
  Brings things into one; works like Latin con-. Concrete sense of spatial gathering underlies the meaning.
• ne — stem · leads
  Third person singular optative stem of √nī. Shows the underlying root √nī 'to lead, carry'.
• ti — ending · 3rd sg optative
  The optative mood marks a wish or potential action; third person singular agreement with the understood subject.

Analysis. saṁ (together) + neti (leads, from √nī); the prefix saṁ compounds with the root to form the verb 'leads together', hence 'mixes' or 'combines'.

Etymology. From saṁ- 'together' (cognate with Latin similis, English same) + √nī 'to lead, carry' (cognate with Latin dūcō 'lead', English lead). The spatial imagery of 'bringing together' at one place becomes the abstract sense of mixing or combining elements.

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

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