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tadavasari

aor 3rd sg of tadavasari (verb); aor 2nd sg of tadavasari (verb)

1. went there; wandered there; arrived there; lit. went down to that

Built from

• tadā — prefix · to that place, then
  Adverbial prefix indicating a specific location or point in time, anchoring the motion to a particular destination.
• ava — prefix · down, downward
  Spatial prefix expressing downward motion or descent; cognate with Latin aufero (carry off) and English off.
• sr̥ — root · go, flow
  Root expressing motion and flowing; cognate with English stream and Sanskrit sr̥ (flow); descends from PIE *ser-.
• i — ending · aorist 3rd/2nd sg
  Aorist ending marking past action in 3rd person singular (he/she/it went) or 2nd person singular (you went).

Analysis. tadā (then, to that place) + ava (down) + √sr̥ (go). The spatial prefix ava- (down, downward) combines with the root √sr̥ (to go, flow) to form avasari (went down, descended); prefixed with tadā (to that place, then), the compound expresses motion downward to a specific destination.

Etymology. ava- (down; Latin aufero "carry off") + √sr̥ (cognate with English "stream", Latin serere via sero "sow, scatter", and Sanskrit sr̥ "go, flow"). The root √sr̥ descends from PIE *ser- (to flow, stream).

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

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