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tacchati

pr 3rd sg of tacchati (verb)

1. does carpentry work; planes
2. smooths out
3. chops up; hacks apart (somebody with)
4. trims; chops; pares down; cuts off

Etymology. taccha + ti; from √tacch 'cut, chop'; Sanskrit takṣati [takṣ]

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

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