Pali word association game

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Good evening,

Lithuanian and Pali (as well as Lithuanian and Sanskrit) certainy share a lot of word stems. From what you have posted here I can provide similar Lithuanian words:
pāda (foot) - pėda
hemanta (winter) - žiema (pronounced as 'hyema'). H and Ž (zh) are intelligible between Latin and Lithuanian: Humanus - Žmogus, Humus - Žemė, Hibernate - Žiemoti (same root as in hemanta/winter)
yoga - jungas (pron. youngass). the root jung- in Lithuanian means to connect, concatenate (su-jung-ti), subdue (pa-jung-ti)

as well as the words from Ukraininian (which is closer to Lithuanian than English, yet Lithuanian is probably closer to Sanskrit/Pali than to Ukrainian)
akkhi - akis - eye
aṭṭha - aštuoni (old version ašmi) - eight
asman - akmuo (old. 'akmens') - stone
ahaṃ - aš (I)
īsā - ašis (axis)
eti - eiti - go
esati - ieškoti - search
kadā - kada - when
katara - katras - which one
kāso - kašė - basket
kimi - kirminas - worm
kurūra - kruvinas - blody
garuḷa - erelis - eagle
gaha - gardas - fenced territory
ghora - barti - chide
cattāro - keturi - four
cha - šeši - six
chamā - žemė - earth
jānana - žinojimas - knowledge
jānāti - žinoti - to know
jāni - žmona - wife
jāmātar - žentas - son-in-law
tamo - tamsa - darkness
tayo - trys - three
tāto - tėtė - father
tittira - tetervinas - blackcock
tuccha - tuščias - empty
tvaṃ - tu - you
dakkhiṇā - dešinė - right hand
dasana - dantenos - gingiva
dampati - pati - wife
dasa - dešimt - ten
dinaṃ - diena - day
deti/dadati - duoti - give
deva - dyvas - miracle
devara - dieveris - brother-in-law
dvāraṃ - durys - door
dve - du - two
dhītar - duktė/dukra - daughter
dhūma - dūmas - smoke
na - ne - no
nakha - nagas - nail
nagga - nuogas - nude
natta - naktis - night
nava - naujas - new
nāsā - nosis - nose
nekatika - niekam tikęs - deceitful
niḍḍha - lizdas - nest
ninnaṃ - žemuma - low lying land
nisīdati - atsisėsti/sėstis - sit down
nīhāra - sniegas - snow (compare with Latin ningit Lithuania sninga - snowing)
pañca - penki - five
paṇṇa - plunksna - feather
papaṭikā - papartis - fern
palippati - prilipti - to stick
puṇṇa - pilnas - full
peseti - pasiunčia - sends
babbu - bebras - boar
Buddho - [pra]budęs, [at]budęs - awakened
bhaya - baimė - fear
bhavituṃ - būti, buvimas - to be
bhātar - brolis - brother
bhāyati - bijoti - to fear
maṃsaṃ - mėsa - meat
makkhikā - musė - fly (compare to Latin musca)
maññati - manyti - think
mattā - matas - measure
madhu - medus - honey
marati - mirti - to die
mariyāda - marios - see
mātar - motina - mother
mati - mintis - mind
māra - mirtis - death
māsa - mėnuo - month
megha - migla - haze, fog
yava - avinas - sheep
yuga - jungas - yoke
ravati - rėkti - roar
raso - rasalas (approx.) - a drink, originally from juice
rudati - raudoti - to weep
rudda - rūda - ore
lapati - plepėti - babble
lahu - lengvas - light
lihati - laižyti - lick
luḷati - compare to liūliuoti (soothe the baby) - cradle
lepa - limpa - sticks
vaka - vilkas - wolf
vaṭṭati - vartyti - to turn
vadati - vaidytis - to argue
vasanto - vasara - summer
vahati - vežti - to carry
vāyati - compare to vėjuotas (windy) - to blow
vināti - vinioti - to wrap
visaya - visa - whole
vīro - vyras! - hero (a macho)
veṇi - vainikas -
sa - savas - own
sataṃ - šimtas - a hundred
satta - septyni - seven
sadā - visada - always
sanku - šaka - branch
sandahati - užsidėti - to wear
sasuro - šešuras - father-in-law
sālā - salė - hall
sālikā - šarka - magpie
sibbati - siuva - is sewing
suṇa - šunė (now obsolete) - female dog
sussati - sauseti - to become dry
sūnu - sūnus - son
hari - žalias - green
hiyyo - rytoj - tomorrow
Ko tvam asi? - Kas tu esi? - who are you?
kada - kada - when?
ratha - ratas - wheel
sunakha - šunėkas - adog
khanda - kanda - bites
gāvī - karvė - cow
aja - ožka - goat
kheṭa (shield) - kietas (hard, solid)
jīvitindriya (vitality) - žvitrus (vital)
aṅgāra - anglis - coal


(most of the words taken and translated from http://dhamma.ru/paali/etimolog.htm)
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from the post before last: okkhittacakkhu- with downcast eyes e.g

"Okkhittacakkhu satimā, nāyaṃ nīcakulāmiva" (Pabbajjāsutta, Mahāvagga, Sutta Nipāta)

With eyes downcast (Okkhittacakkhu), the one with mindfulness(satimā), is not (nāyaṃ) like one from a low family (nīcakulāmiva).
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