present 3 singular
Oṇojeti (with vowel assimilation o < e for oṇejeti = ava + nejeti, Sanskrit °nejayati from nij. Kern, Toev. II 138, complementary to remarks sub voce on page 5 explains as assimilated onuj° > onij°, like anu° BHS ani° (ānisaṃsa < ānuśaṃsā), the further process being onoj° for onuj°. The etymology remains however doubtful] 1. to cause to wash off, to wash, cleanse: see oṇojana. 2. (figurative) to give as a present, dedicate (with the rite of washing one's hands, i.e. a clean gift) Vin I 39; IV 156; A IV 210 = 214 (oṇojesi preterit); Miln 236. {148}
ours water ritually (over the hands) in giving a gift; gives formally
(pr, pr, caus of avanudati) gives as a present; dedicates (something to) gives as a present; dedicates [lit.] causes to drive down Construction: ava + ṇoje + ti