Re: vitakkehi khajjasi - eaten by your thoughts (Sn 9:11)

Dear Phil,

khajjati: (passive form of khaadati) is eaten, chewed.
khajja: (gerund of khajjati) having been eaten, chewed.

In context, khajja is better understood as "having been consumed".

khajjasi, I believe, is a compound:

khajja-aasi >> khajja-(aa)si >> khajjasi

aasi is the aorist form of atthi.


metta,
Yong Peng.

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Phil wrote:

I don't know enough yet about conjugations and declinations(?) to be
able to look up words on the online dictionary yet - I keep shooting
blanks.

Could anyone tell me the root form of khajjasi, and anything about it?