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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§449

Kiyādito nā

After “kī” and others, [there is] ‘nā’.

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449. 513. Kiyādito nā (930)

[Kī-ādito + nā = 2 words]

Kī icc evamādito dhātugaṇato nāpaccayo hoti kattari.

Kiṇāti, jināti (Khu. i, 64), dhunāti, munāti, lunāti, punāti.

After “kī” and others, [there is] ‘nā’.
After the group of roots that begin with “kī”, there is the suffix ‘nā’ in the active voice.
Examples
  1. Kiṇāti ([he] buys), jināti ([he] conquers), dhunāti ([he] shakes), munāti ([he] knows), lunāti ([he] cuts), punāti ([he] cleans).
Sequence of kiṇāti
  1. kī (§457)
  2. kī + ti (§414)
  3. kī + nā + ti (§449)
  4. ki + nā + ti (§517)
  5. ki + ṇā + ti (§449)
  6. kiṇāti (§11)

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Pāḷi text and English translation by Bhikkhu Nandisena; edition, apparatus and glossary by the Instituto de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH). This material may be reproduced for personal use and distributed free of charge. Copyright © 2026 IEBH. Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21948010.