Pali udaka (74)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, udaka means “water.” The compound form is either ûdaka (āsanûdaka-dāyin) or °odaka (pādodaka). It is linguistically related to terms in other Indo-European languages. They include Vedic udaka, uda + ka (see uda), Indo-Germanic *ṷed, *ud, fuller form *eṷed (as in Sanskrit odatī, odman flood, odana gruel); Sanskrit unatti, undati (to water), udra; Avesta udra; Anglo-Saxon otor; English otter (water-animal); Greek υ῞δωρ (y῞dor) meaning water (hydro), υ῞δρα (y῞dra) meaning water-animal (hydra); Latin unda (wave); Gothic watō; Old High-German wazzar; English water; and Old Bulgarian voda (water), vydra (otter). It traces its origin to the Tamil root utakam through the transformation of utakam > udaká > udaka. The following words, related to Pali udaka, also originate from the Tamil root utakam.
uda, “water, wave.” udaka-aṇṇava, “water-flood.” udaka-āyatika, “a water-pipe.” udaka-āḷhaka, “a certain measure of water.” udaka-ûpama, “resembling water, like water.” udaka-ogāhana, “plunging into water.” udaka-ogha, “a water flood.” udaka-orohaka, “descending into water, bathing.” udaka-orohaṇa, “plunging into water, taking bath, bathing.” udaka-kalaha, “the water dispute.” udaka-kāka, “a water crow.” udaka-kicca, “libation of water, literally water-performance; cleansing, washing.” udaka-kīḷā, “sporting in the water.” udaka-gahaṇasāṭaka, “bathing-gown.” udaka-ghaṭa, “a water pitcher.” udaka-cāṭi, “a water jar.” udakaṭṭhāna, “a stand for water.” udaka-tumba, “a water vessel.” udaka-telaka, “an oily preparation mixed with water.” udaka-dantapoṇa, “water for rinsing the mouth and tooth-cleaner.” udaka-daha, “a lake (of water).” udaka-doṇikā, “a water-tub or trough.” udaka-dhārā, “a shower of water.” udaka-niddhamana, “a water spout or drain.” udaka-nibbāhana, “an aquaduct.” udaka-paṭiggaha, “receiving or accepting water.” udaka-patta, “a waterbowl.” udaka-puñchanī, “a towel.” udaka-posita, “fed or nourished by water.” udaka-phusita, “a drop of water.” udaka-bindu, “a drop of water.” udaka-bubbula, “a water bubble.” udaka-bhasta, “devoid of water.” udaka-maṇika, “a water-pot.” udaka-mallaka, “a cup for water.” udaka-rakkhasa, “a water-sprite.” udaka-rahada, “a lake.” udaka-rūha, “a water plant.” udaka-lekhā, “writing on.” udaka-vāra, “waterturn, i.e., fetching water.” udaka-vāraka, “bucket.” udaka-vāha, “a flow of water, flowing.” udaka-vāhaka, “rise or swelling (literally carrying or pulling along (of water), overflowing, flood.” udaka-vāhana, “pulling up water.” udaka-sadda, “sound of water.” udaka-sarāvaka, “a saucer for water.” udaka-sāṭaka, “equal to udaka-sāṭikā.” udaka-sāṭikā, “water-cloak, a bathing-mantle.” udaka-suddhika, “ablution with water (after passing urine).” udakaccha, “watery soil, swamp.” udakanti, “descent in to the water.” udakumbha, “a water jug.” udañjalaṁ kīḷati, “a water-game: playing with drops of water.” udaññavant, “rich in water, well-watered.” udadhi, “the sea, ocean.” udapatta, “a bowl of water, a water -jug.” udapāna, “(place for) drinking water; a well, a cistern.” udabindu, “a drop of water.” udahāraka, “a water-carrier.” udahāriya, “going for water.” nirudaka, “without water, waterless.” odana, “boiled (milk-) rice, gruel.” odaniya, “belonging to rice-gruel, made of rice-gruel.” vassa, “rain, shower.” vassā-ratta, “time of rains.” udda1, “an aquatic animal.” udda2, “water, in passage amakkhito uddena, amakkhito semhena, amakkhito ruhirena i.e., any kind of (dirty) fluid.” samudda, “a (large) quantity of water, e.g., the Ganges, the sea, the ocean.” samudda-akkhāyikā, “tales about the origin of the sea, cosmogony.” samuddaṭṭhaka, “situated in the ocean.” samudda-vīci, “a wave of the ocean.” samunna, “moistened, wet, immersed.” unna, “past participle of ud, unatti and undati, see udaka.”