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vinibbhujanto

vinibbhujanta

masc nom sg of vinibbhujanta (prp); masc nom pl of vinibbhujanta (prp); masc voc pl of vinibbhujanta (prp); nt voc pl of vinibbhujanta (prp)

1. turning inside out; unrolling; unfolding; unfurling

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, asunder
  Intensifying prefix meaning separation or clarity in different directions. Cognate with Latin dis- and English dis-.
• ni — prefix · down, into
  Spatial prefix indicating direction downward or inward; here contributes to the sense of unfurling from a compressed state.
• bhuj — root · bend, fold
  Root meaning to bend or curve. Cognate with Latin flectere (flex, inflect) and English flex. The concrete image of bending underpins the sense of unfolding.
• a — ending · present stem marker
  Thematic vowel forming the present stem bhuja-.
• nt — ending · present participle
  Present participle suffix -nt- (becoming -anta in nom. sg.) marks ongoing action: 'unfolding'.

Analysis. vi- (apart, asunder) + nibbhujanta (present participle of nibbhujati, to unfold, spread out). The prefix vi- intensifies the sense of unfolding in different directions.

Etymology. From vi- (apart, asunder — cognate with Latin dis-, English dis-) + nibbhujati, itself formed from ni- (down, into) + bhujati (to bend, fold). The root √bhuj means to bend or fold (cognate with English flex, Latin flectere). The compound sense shifts from the concrete 'bending apart' to the abstract 'unfolding, revealing in detail'.

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

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