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savāhiniṁ

savāhini

accusative singular feminine of savāhini (adjective)

1. having a current
2. flowing
3. carrying along

Built from

• sa — prefix · with, having
  Marks possession or association; from Indo-European *so- (this, that).
• vāh — root · carry, flow, bear
  Concrete sense of carrying or flowing motion. Cognates: Sanskrit vah-, Latin vehere (vehicle, convey), English way.
• ini — ending · feminine agent
  Forms feminine agent nouns or adjectives; -i stem with feminine agreement ending -i.

Analysis. sa- + vāhini: sa- (possessing) + vāhini (current, flow), from √vah (carry, bear). Literally 'possessing flow' or 'that which carries'.

Etymology. From √vah (to carry, bear, flow), cognate with Sanskrit vah-, Latin vehere (carry), English way (originally 'that which carries one'). The prefix sa- marks possession or association (similar to English same-root words).

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

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