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udakena

udaka

nt instr sg of udaka (noun); masc instr sg of udaka (adj); nt instr sg of udaka (adj); masc instr 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
  The prefix ud- conveys upward and outward motion. In udaka, it evokes water rising or flowing out; see also ud-dhara 'lifts up', udaya 'rising'.
• aka — ending · nominal suffix
  The suffix -aka forms nominals from roots and is common in Pali nouns (e.g., kamma-ka, bhaya-ka). Here it creates a concrete noun from the notion of rising/flowing.

Etymology. From the root √ud (to rise up, flow out) + the nominal suffix -aka. The sense 'water' is naturally derived from the image of rising or flowing liquid; compare Sanskrit udaka and the cognate English 'udal' (a form of Orkney land tenure involving water rights). The prefix ud- (up, out) appears in ud-gacchati 'rises' and ud-dharati 'lifts', preserving the concrete sense of upward motion and emergence.

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

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