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payojeti

pr 3rd sg of payojeti (verb)

1. (of work) engages (in); undertakes; takes (on); lit. causes to actively yoke
2. applies, prepares, challenges; lit. causes to actively yoke
3. employs, takes into service; lit. causes to actively yoke

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifies the action; concrete sense of moving something ahead becomes applied effort.
• yoj — stem · yoke, join, apply
  Derived from √yuj by the -e- present infix and causative morphology; the concrete image of yoking animals or harnessing work-animals becomes metaphorically applied to undertaking, employing, engaging.
• e — ending · 3rd sg present
  Marks third-person singular present indicative; -e-ti is the regular present stem formation for causative roots.

Analysis. pa + √yuj; literally 'causes to actively yoke'. The prefix pa- (forward, forth, intensifying) combines with the causative stem of √yuj (yoke, join, apply) to mean 'causes to yoke actively' — the concrete image of yoking animals or harnessing equipment for work becomes 'engages in, undertakes work'.

Etymology. √yuj (yoke, join, apply) is cognate with Sanskrit yuj, Greek ζεύγνυμι (zeúgnumi, yoke), and English yoke — all from Indo-European *yeug- (join, yoke). The prefix pa- intensifies the basic sense of joining into active employment.

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

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