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parivuto

parivuta

masc nom sg of parivuta (pp)

1. surrounded (by); accompanied (by); together (with); lit. covered all around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, all-way round
  Cognate with Greek peri- (perimeter). Suggests completeness through circularity.
• vuta — ending · covered, past participle
  From √vṛ (to cover). Cognate with Latin vēlō and English wear. Here it marks the passive past participle state of being covered.

Analysis. pari- (around, all-way round) + vuta (past participle of √vṛ, to cover): covered all around, hence surrounded or accompanied.

Etymology. pari- from Proto-Indo-European *per- (forward, through); √vṛ cognate with Latin vēlō (I cover, veil) and English wear (in the sense of don/put on), both from PIE *wer- (to cover, enclose). The prefix pari- preserves its concrete sense of completeness and circularity: something enveloped all the way around.

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

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