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vācāya

vāca

fem instr sg of vāca (adj); masc dat sg of vāca (adj); fem dat sg of vāca (adj); nt dat sg of vāca (adj); …

1. vāca (adj): talking; speaking; of speech
2. vācā (fem): speech; words; statement; talk
3. vācā (fem): line of verse; sentence
4. vācāya (ind): verbally; out loud; lit. by speaking

Built from

• vāc — root · speak, say
  The root meaning is fundamental utterance. Cognate with Latin vōx (voice), English voice, and Sanskrit vāc.
• -a — ending · nominalizer
  Forms a noun stem from the root, yielding 'speech' or 'speaking'.
• -ya — ending · instrumental/adverbial
  The suffix -ya converts nouns into adverbial forms expressing means or manner. Here it marks 'by way of' or 'in the manner of speaking'.

Analysis. vāca (speech, speaking) + -ya (instrumental/adverbial suffix), literally 'by way of speech'.

Etymology. √vac (speak, say) + -a (nominalizing suffix). The root √vac is cognate with Latin vōx (voice), English voice, and Sanskrit vāc. The instrumental-adverbial -ya suffix transforms the noun into a means or manner: 'by speaking', hence 'verbally'.

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

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