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udake

udaka

nt acc pl of udaka (noun); nt loc sg of udaka (noun); masc acc pl of udaka (adj); nt acc pl of udaka (adj); …

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 — root · water
  From Indo-European *wed-, the same root as Latin unda (wave), English water, and German Wasser. The zero-grade *ud- appears across Indo-European languages.
• -aka — ending · nominalizing suffix
  Common Pali diminutive and nominal suffix creating a substantive or adjective from the root.

Etymology. The root is Indo-European *wed- 'water', found also in Sanskrit udaka, Latin unda 'wave', English water, and German Wasser. The Pali form preserves the zero-grade *ud- of the root. The suffix -ka is a common nominal diminutive or agent marker in Pali and Sanskrit.

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

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