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santappesi

santappeti

pr 2nd sg of santappeti (verb); aor 3rd sg of santappesi (verb); aor 2nd sg of santappesi (verb)

1. santappeti (pr): pleases; satisfies (somebody with); lit. satisfies together
2. santappesi (aor): pleased; satisfied; satiated; fulfilled; lit. satisfied together

Built from

• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Things brought into one; here, warming directed inward and completely.
• tap — root · heat, warm, burn
  Cognate with Latin tepeo (be warm) and English tepid. Figuratively, to comfort or satisfy by warming/nourishing.
• esi — ending · 2nd singular aorist
  Marks the action as completed in the past, addressed to the second person (you).

Analysis. saṁ + √tap: together (saṁ) + heat/warm (√tap), hence figuratively to satisfy or please by warming, comforting, or nourishing.

Etymology. √tap (to heat, warm, burn) is cognate with Latin tepeo (be warm) and English tepid; the prefix saṁ (together, completely) transforms the concrete sense of warming into the abstract sense of satisfying or comforting completely. The form santappesi represents the basic root santapp- (from saṁ + tap) with the aorist ending -esi.

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

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