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vatvā

absolutive of √vac

1. having said; having spoken (about)

Built from

• vac — root · speak, say
  Found in Sanskrit vac-, Greek eípō, and Latin vocāre 'to call'. The root carries the concrete sense of uttering sound and giving voice.
• tvā — ending · absolutive marker
  The absolutive suffix, forming an indeclinable gerund that marks an action as completed prior to the action of the main verb. Creates a sense of temporal precedence within a clause.

Etymology. √vac 'speak, say' (Sanskrit vac-, Greek eipon, Latin vocare). The absolutive suffix -tvā transforms the root into an indeclinable verbal adjective denoting an action completed before the main verb.

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

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