Pali ava (145)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, Pali word ava means “away from, off, and down in connection with verbs of emotion.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root ava through the transformation of ava > áva > ava. The following words, related to Pali ava, also originate from Tamil ava.
avaṁ, down, downward. avakaṁsa, dragging down, detraction, abasement. avakaḍḍhita, pulled down, dragged away. avakantati and okantati, to cut off, cut out, cut away, carve. avakaroti, to put down, to despise, throw away. avakassati and okassati, to drag down, to draw or pull away, distract, remove. avakārin, despising, degrading, neglecting. avakirati and okirati, to pour down on, to pour out over. avakiriya, to be cast out or thrown away; rejectable, low. avakujja, face downward, head first, prone, bent over. avakkanti, entry, appearance, coming down into. avakkāra, throwing away, refuse, sweepings. avakkhalita, washed off, taken away from. avakkhitta and okkhitta, thrown down, flung down, cast down, dropped; thrown out, rejected. avakkhipati and okkhipati, to throw down or out, cast down, drop. avakkhipana, throwing down, putting down. avaca, low. uccâvacā, high and low. avajaya, defeat. avajāta, low-born, of low or base birth, figuratively of low character. avajīyati, to be diminished, to be lost, be undone. avaññā, contempt, disregard, disrespect. avaññāta, despised, treated with contempt. avaṭṭhita, standing down. avaḍḍhi, non-growth, decay. avattha, thrown away. avanati, stooping, bending, bowing down. avabhūta, come down, despised, low. avamangala, of bad omen, unlucky, infaustus (opposite abhimangala); bad luck, ill omen. avamaññati, to slight, to disregard. avamangalla, of bad omen, anything importune. avamāna and omāna, disregard, disrespect. avarajjhati, to neglect, fail. avaruddha, restrained. avaruddhaka, subdued, expelled, banished. avaruddhati, to expel, remove, banish. avarundhati, to put under restraint, to put into one’s harem as subsidiary wife. avalambati, to hang down. avasaṭa and osaṭa, withdrawn, gone away; one who has left a community and gone over to another sect, a renegade. avasarati, to go down, to go away. avasāna, stopping ceasing; end, finish, conclusion. avasāya, stopping, end, finish. avasiṭṭha, left, remaining, over. avasiṭṭhaka, remaining, left. avasissati, to be left over, to remain. avasussati, to dry up, to wither. avasūra, sundown, sunset. avasesa1, remainder, remaining part. avasesa2, remaining, left. avasesaka, being left, overflowing, additional. avassajati and ossajati, to let loose, let go, send off, give up, dismiss, release (ava). avassuta, flowing out or down, oozing, leaking. avahaṭa, taken away. avaharaṇa, taking away, removal; theft. avaharati and oharati, to steal. avahīyati, to be left behind. avāgata, only in phrase dhammā avāgat-amhā, we are fallen from righteousness. avākaroti, to revoke, undo, rescind, not fulfill, spoil, destroy. okaḍḍhati, to drag away, remove. okoṭimaka, having the top lowered, with the head squashed in or down, i.e., of compressed and bulging out stature; misshapen, deformed, of ugly shape. okkhāyati, to lie low, to be restrained (in this sense evidently confounded with avakkhipati). okkhāyika, low-lying, deep, remote, only in one phrase. ogacchati, to go down, sink down, recede; of sun and moon. ogaṇa, separated from the troop or crowd, standing alone. ogamana, going down, setting (of sun and moon). ogilati, to swallow down. oggata, gone down, set (of the sun). ojahāti, to give up, leave, leave behind, renounce. oṇata, bent down, low, inclined. oṇamati, to incline, bend down to, bow to. oṇamana, bending down, inclining. oṇamita, having bowed down, bowing down. otaraṇa, going down, descending. otarati, to descend, to go down to. otāra, descent to, i.e., approach to, access, fig. chance, opportunity. otārāpekkha, watching for a chance. otāreti, to cause to come down, to bring down, take down. otiṇṇa, gone down, beset by, affected with, a victim of. odahati, to put down, to put in. odahana, putting down, applying; heaping up; putting in. odhasta, fallen down, scattered. odhānīya, a place for putting something down or into. odhi, putting down, fixing. odhiso, limited. anodhiso, unlimited, universal. anodhikatvā, without limit or distinction. onamaka, bending down, stooping. onamati, to bend down. onamana, lowering and raising, bending down and up. opatati, to fall or fly down (on), to fall over. opatita, falling (down). opāta, falling or flying down, downfall, descent; a pitfall. opāteti, to make fall, to destroy. opilavati, to be immersed, to sink down. opilāpeti, to immerse, to dip in or down, to drop. obhata, having taken away or off. obharati, to carry away or off, to take off. oma, lower (in position and rank), inferior, low. omaka, lower in rank, inferior; low, insignificant. ora, below, inferior, posterior. ora-pāra, the below and the above, the lower and higher worlds. ora-pure, below the fortress. ora-mattaka, belonging only to this world, mundane; hence: trifling, insignificant, little, evanescent. oraka, inferior, posterior. orambhāgiya, being a share of the lower, i.e., this world, belonging to the kāma world. orima, the lower or lowest, the one on this side. orima-tīra, the shore on this side, the nearshore. oropaṇa, taking down, removal, cutting off (hair). oropeti, to take down, bring down, deprive of, lay aside, take away, cut off (hair). orohaṇa, descent. orohati, to descend, climb down. olanghanā, bending down. olangheti, to make jump down. olamba, hanging down. olambati and avalambati, to hang down, hang on, to be supported by, rest on. ovassati, to rain down on, to make wet. ovahati, to carry down. ovuyhati, to be carried down (a river). osakkati, to draw back, move back. osappati, to draw back, give way. osāreti, to stow away, deposit, put in, put away; to bring out, expound, propound, explain. osārita, restored, rehabilitated. osāna, stopping, ceasing; end, finish, conclusion. osāraṇā, restoration, rehabilitation reinstatement. osapeti, to put forth, bring to an end, settle, put down, fix, decide. ossanna, sunk, low down, deficient, lacking. oharaṇa, taking away, leading astray, sidetrack, deviating path. ohāraṇa, taking down, cutting off (hair). ohārin, dragging down, weighty, heavy. ohita, put down into, deposited. ohiyyaka, one who is left behind (in the house as a guard). ohīna, having left behind. ohīyati, to be left behind, to stay behind. ossavana, outflow, running water.