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udakā

udaka

nt nom pl of udaka (noun); nt instr sg of udaka (noun); nt abl sg of udaka (noun); nt voc sg of udaka (noun); …

1. water
2. living in water; related to water
3. juice; drink
4. name of the Buddha's second teacher; Udaka Rāmaputta

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Directional prefix with concrete sense of upward and outward motion; Sanskrit ud-, English out.
• ak — root · flow, move
  Root denoting flowing or moving motion; the word captures water in its essential nature as that which flows and moves.
• a — ending · neuter
  Neuter nominal suffix; marks the noun as neuter gender.

Etymology. From ud- (up, out) + √ak (move, flow): literally "that which flows up and out". Cognate with English "water" (from Proto-Germanic *watar-, from the same Indo-European root *wed- "flow, wet"); Sanskrit udaka; Greek hydōr (via Doric hydōr, whence English hydro-).

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

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