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kappeti
pr 3rd sg of kappeti (verb)
- forms; fashions; constructs; lit. causes to be suitable
- (of life) lives; leads; goes about; lit. causes to be suitable
- (of sexual intercourse) performs (with); lit. causes to be suitable
- (of hair) trims; styles; fashions; lit. causes to be suitable
- (of a posture, sitting or lying down) adopts; takes up; assumes; uses; sits (on); lies down (in); lit. causes to be suitable
- harnesses, considers; lit. causes to be suitable
- prepares; readies; arranges; lit. causes to be suitable
Built from
- kapp — root · fit, arrange, be suitable
The root underlying both states of being suitable and actions of arranging or fashioning. Related to Sanskrit kalpati.
- e — stem · causative stem
Marks the causative formation, making the root transitive: "cause to be suitable" or "arrange, prepare".
- ti — ending · 3rd singular present
Present indicative ending marking the third person singular active voice in the present tense.
Etymology. From √kapp-, related to Sanskrit kalpati (arranges, composes, ordains). The root suggests fitting or arranging things suitably; the causative sense (through the -eti suffix) is "makes suitable" or "puts in order". No clear cognate in English or Latin, but the concept of "arranging" relates distantly to Greek κόσμος kosmos (order, arrangement).