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vedayāmīti

vedayati

1st person singular present indicative of vedayati

1. feels; experiences; senses; lit. knows
2. informs; points out; makes known; lit. causes to know

Built from

• ved — root · know, see
  √vid 'to know, perceive'; cognate with Latin vidēre 'see', English wit. In the causative it becomes 'causes to know' or 'causes to feel'.
• aya — stem · causative suffix
  Transforms the root into a causative verb stem: 'causes to know/feel'. This suffix is productive in Pali for deriving causatives from roots.
• mi — ending · 1st singular present
  Primary active ending marking 1st person singular present indicative. Cognate with Latin -m (amō 'I love') and Sanskrit -mi.
• iti — prefix · thus, so
  An indeclinable particle marking quotation, emphasis, or the end of a statement. Functions as a discourse marker introducing or concluding direct speech.

Analysis. vedayāmi + iti (vedayāmi 'I feel/inform' + iti 'thus, so'); a quotative or emphatic particle construction, often used to introduce direct speech or emphasize the assertion.

Etymology. √vid 'to know, see' (causative stem vedaya- 'causes to know, makes known, informs') cognate with Latin vidēre 'to see', English wit 'to know' (archaic), Sanskrit ved- 'knowledge'. The causative -aya- suffix transforms the root into 'causes to experience' or 'causes to know', hence 'feels' and 'makes known'.

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

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