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kamanti

kamati

pr 3rd pl of kamati (verb)

1. goes; travels; flies (by)
2. goes (into); enters (into); penetrates; has an effect (on)
3. occurs; happens; goes on; takes place; lit. goes

Built from

• kam — root · go, move
  The root expresses motion through space, effort, or the unfolding of events. Cognate with Latin comāre and Greek κάμνω.
• anti — ending · 3rd plural present
  The ending -anti marks the third person plural present indicative active, here applied to the thematic stem kam-.

Etymology. Root √kam, 'to move, go'; cognate with Latin comāre 'to come together', Greek κάμνω (kámnō) 'to work, toil' (where motion and effort converge). The verb belongs to the Indo-European root *ḱem- 'to move, go', which also appears in English 'come'.

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

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