causative present 3 singular
Opeti [unless we here deal with a very old misspelling for oseti we have to consider it a secondary derivation from opiya in causative sense, i e. causative from upa + i. Trenckner, "Notes" 77, 78 offers an etymology of ā + vapati, thus opiya would be *āvupiya, a risky conclusion, which besides being discrepant in meaning (āvapati = to distribute) necessitates derivation of opiya from opati (*āvapati) instead of vice versā. There is no other instance of *āva being contracted to o. Trenckner then puts opiya = ūpiya in tadūpiya ("conform with this", see ta° I a), which is however a direct derivation from upa = upaka, upiya, of which a superlative formation is upamā ("likeness"). Trenckner's explanation of {169} ūpiya as derived from ā + vap does not fit in with its meaning] — to make go into (with locative), to deposit, receive (synonymous with osāpeti) S I 236 (Spk I 353 na ... pakkhipanti) = Thig 283 = Ja V 252 (Text upeti); in which Thig 283 has oseti (Thig-a 216, with explanation of oseti = ṭhapeti on page 219). — preterit opi Ja IV 457 (ukkhipi gloss); VI 185 (= pakkhipi gloss). gerund opitvā (opetvā?) Ja IV 457 (gloss khipetvā).
throws into, heaps up (in)
(pr, pr) deposits; stores; keeps (something in) throws into, heaps up (in) Construction: ope + ti