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udakepi

udaka

nominative/accusative neuter singular + enclitic api; literally "water even" or "even water"

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 · flow, liquid
  The root or root-like element in the aquatic stem. Cognate with Sanskrit vari, Greek hydōr (water), Latin unda (wave), English water, German Wasser — all from the Indo-European root *wed- or *wad- meaning "water, wet."
• -aka — ending · neuter abstract nominal suffix
  Forms a neuter noun from the root; -aka is a common Pali nominal suffix that creates nouns denoting things or substances.
• api — prefix · even, also, even so
  An enclitic particle of concession or emphasis; originally from *apo "away/off" (cognate with Latin ab-, Greek apo-, English off). The emphatic sense develops from its use to mark things as "further" or "in addition," lending it concessive force.

Analysis. udake (locative singular of udaka, "in water") + api (enclitic particle, "even, also"); forms an emphatic or concessive phrase "even in water" or "water too."

Etymology. udaka from the root √vad (Sanskrit vad-, Greek hydōr, English water, German Wasser) via Pali udar-/udk-, originally meaning "that which flows"; api from Indo-European *apo "off, away," cognate with Latin ab-, Greek apo-, English off — the sense "even/also" develops from the concessive force "and then, besides."

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

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