1. vaw ( prob. invented to serve as a root for the words below; cf. √ 1. vft ) cl. 1. P. , vawati ( pf. vavAwa &c.), to surround, encompass, Dhātup. ix, 13 ; cl. 10. P. vawayati , to tie, string, connect, xxxv, 5 ; to divide, partition, xxxv, 65 ; to speak, xix, 17 : Pass. vawyate (only vawyante , Viṣṇ. xliii, 34 ), to be crushed or pounded or ground down.
vaw I. 1 P. ( vawati ) To surround. II. 10 U. ( vawayati-te ) 1 To tell. 2 To divide, partition. 3 To surround, encompass. 4 To tie, string, connect. — Caus. ( vawayati ) To speak.