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unname
unnama
masc acc pl of unnama (noun); masc loc sg of unnama (noun); reflx pr 1st sg of unnamati (verb); reflx imp 1st sg of unnamati (verb); …
- unnama (masc): high place; elevated location; lit. bent up
- unnamati (pr): (of the sun) rises; ascends; comes up; lit. bends up
- unnameti (pr): makes bend upwards; raises; lit. causes to bend up
- unnamati (pr): bends upwards; lit. bends up
- unnamati (pr): prospers; lit. bends up
- unnamati (pr): is haughty; gets arrogant; becomes conceited; lit. bends up
Built from
- ud — prefix · up, out
Upward and outward motion. Cognates: English 'out', German 'aus'.
- nam — root · bend
The concrete image of bending upward; figuratively applied to rising, excelling, and arrogance. Related to Sanskrit namati 'bends'.
- a — stem · stem formative
Thematic vowel for a-stem noun (unnama) or present participle.
- ti — ending · 3rd singular present
Active present indicative: he/she/it bends up, rises, prospers.
Etymology. Prefixed form: ud- (up, out) + √nam (bend). The spatial sense 'bends upward' becomes 'rises' (of the sun), 'high place', and figuratively 'becomes arrogant' — rising above one's proper station. Cognate with English 'numb' (originally bent, stiff), Sanskrit namati, and the root of Latin 'nomen' (bent into a bow shape; what bends is named).