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vadamāno

vadamāna

masc nom sg of vadamāna (prp)

1. speaking; saying

Built from

• vad — root · speak, say
  The root of utterance and vocalization; cognate with Latin vātes (prophet) and English word. Appears in Pali as the basis for vadati and related speech-terms.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  The thematic -a- forms the present stem vadati from the root vad.
• mān — ending · present participle masculine
  The -māna suffix marks the present active participle; here in nominative singular masculine form vadamāno (contraction of vadamāna + nominative -o).
• o — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Final nominative ending on the participle; -o (sometimes written as -ā in citation form vadamāna).

Etymology. From √vad, 'to speak, say'; cognate with Latin vātes 'prophet, bard' (one who speaks divine truth) and English word. The root carries the sense of utterance and vocalization.

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

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