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upakkamanti

upakkamati

pr 3rd pl of upakkamati (verb)

1. attacks; assaults (with); lit. goes towards
2. strives, undertakes, begins; lit. goes towards
3. approaches with a purpose; lit. goes towards

Built from

• upa — prefix · up close to, near
  Spatial prefix meaning approach or drawing alongside. Cognates: Sanskrit upa-, Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up.
• akka — stem · goes, walks
  Derived from √kam 'to go, step'. Cognate with Sanskrit kram-, Latin gradus, Greek basis.
• ma — ending · 3rd person plural
  Present indicative plural ending, marking the agent as third person plural.
• nti — ending · present indicative marker
  Suffix marking present tense and indicative mood in plural forms.

Analysis. upa + akkamati: upa 'up close to, near' (approaching) + akkamati 'goes, walks' (√kam); literally 'goes up toward', hence undertakes, attacks, or begins an action with purpose and force.

Etymology. upa- (approach, draw near; cognate with Sanskrit upa-, Greek hypo-, Latin sub-, English up) + √kam (to go, walk; cognate with Sanskrit kram-, Latin gradus 'step', Greek basis 'step'). The prefix upa- retains its spatial sense of 'approaching' inside the abstract meanings of undertaking and assault.

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

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