see plavati, floats; moves quickly; swims
Pilavati and Plavati [cf. Vedic plavati; plu, as in Latin pluo to rain, pluvius rain, Greek πλέω swim, πλύνω wash; Old High German flouwen etc. to rinse = English flow] to move quickly (of water), to swim, float, sway to and fro Thag 104; Miln 377; Vv-a 163; As 76. As plavati at Ja I 336 (verse); Dhp 334 (v.l.; Text palavati). As palavati at Thag 399. — See also uppalavati (uppluta), opilāpeti, paripalavati.
(pr, pr) floats Construction: pilava +