present 3 singular
Okantati (okkant°) [o + kantati, cf. also apakantati] to cut off, cut out, cut away, carve; present okantati M I 129; Pv III 10 2 (= ava° Pv-a 213); gerund okantitvā Ja I 154 (migaṃ o. after carving the deer); Pv-a 192 (piṭṭhi {163} maṃsāni), and okacca Ja IV 210 (Text okkacca, v.l. ukk°; commentary explains by okkantitvā). — past participle avakanta and avakantita.
cuts, cuts off; cuts up
(pr, pr) cuts off; carves off; saws off [lit.] cuts down Construction: ava + kanta + ti