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patto

patta

masc nom sg of patta (noun); masc nom sg of patta (adj); masc nom sg of patta (pp)

1. bowl; alms bowl; begging bowl
2. with leaves; with foliage
3. reached; attained; gained; accomplished; found
4. encountered; met with; lit. reached
5. fallen; dropped; slumped
6. suitable; worthy; fit; lit. reached

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix marking the action as stepping forward or reaching ahead.
• pad — root · fall, reach, attain
  Cognate with Sanskrit patati, Latin petere, English feather (all from *pet- 'fly, fall'). The concrete image is falling or reaching toward something.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks completed action in the past, agreeing with nominative singular masculine.

Etymology. Past participle of pappoti (√pad, 'fall, reach'), from Indo-European *pet- 'fly, fall'. Related to Latin petere 'seek, aim at', English feather, and Sanskrit patati 'falls'. The noun 'bowl' (originally 'what is reached for, vessel') derives from the same root through the sense of a receptacle one reaches toward.

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

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