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kamantu

kamati

imp 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
  From PIE *ḱem-. The concrete sense of motion or going extends to abstract meanings: to occur, happen, or have an effect. Cognates: Latin cēdō 'go, yield', Greek κινέω kineō 'move, set in motion'.
• a — ending · 3rd person plural imperative
  The -a ending marks the third person plural imperative in active voice, commanding a group of agents to perform the action of the verb.

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- 'to go, move' (cognate with Latin cēdō 'to go, yield', Greek κινέω kineō 'to move'). The root √kam- expresses motion and process, hence both literal going and abstract occurrences or effects.

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

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