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udako

udaka

masc nom sg of udaka (adj); masc nom sg of udaka (noun)

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

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Spatial prefix marking upward and outward motion. Cognate with English 'out' and German 'aus'; from Indo-European *ud-.
• ak — root · flow, move
  Root denoting flowing or moving action. Related to Sanskrit 'ap-' (water) and the broader Indo-European *h₂ek- family (Latin aqua, Greek akhe 'ache, flow').
• a — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Simple thematic vowel marking the masculine nominative singular form in the a-stem declension.

Etymology. From ud- (up, out) + √ak (flow, move), literally 'that which flows up or out'; cognate with English 'aquatic' (Latin aqua) through the Indo-European root *h₂ek- (water, flow). The concrete image of water rising or flowing outward underlies the noun.

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

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