speaks, tells; recounts; teaches; speaks about, explains; preaches

… pass kathīyati & katheti (Mil.22, cp. Trenckner, Notes 122);
ppr Pass. kathīyamāna & kacchamāna (AN.iii.181);
grd kathetabba,…

…(anupadena anupadaṃ katheti). 2. (adj.) (following) on foot, at every, step continuous, repeated, in ˚dhamma-vipassanā uninterrupted…

…is katheti: see Cnd. s.v. katheti Dhp.264; Pp.33, Pp.56; Dhp-a.ii.95
ppr bhaṇanto Snp.397. Pot….

…Vin.iv.134; SN.i.210 etc.; katheti Pv-a.41 bhāsati Vin.i.101; bhaṇati Vin.i.169; pakāseti SN.ii.28 SN.iv.121. To hear the Dh., to listen to…

Kacchati¹

1. Pass. of katheti (ppr. kacchamāna AN.iii.181).
2. Pass. of karoti.

…Pv-a.42 * ˚ṃ katheti to teach a pupil how to meditate on one of the k˚ Dhp-a.i.8, Dhp-a.i.248 Dhp-a.i.336; Pv-a.61 *…

…Dhs-a.187
■ ˚ṃ katheti to give instructions in these preparations Ja.iii.369; ˚ṃ karoti to perform the k-preparations Ja.iv.117;…

…garrulous Ja.i.299; a˚ Ja.i.420.

fr. kath, see katheti

…(tena kathitaṃ the discourse (given) by him).

pp. of katheti, cp. Sk. kathita

…Dhp-a.ii.91 (˚ṃ karoti) Vv-a.153.

fr. kath to tell or talk, see katheti; nearest synonym is lap, cp….

Caus. ii. of katheti (q.v.).

…an agreement Vin.ii.76, Vin.ii.208: Vin.iii.160.

to katheti or karoti?

…evidently connects it with katheti, to speak, respond = katthā; gādhaṃ k˚ AN.ii.107 = Pp.43 variant reading for kattā (cp. Pp-a.225).

Sk….

…in sense of aor Vv.34#5 (= katheti Vv-a.151)
■ kittayissāmi I shall relate Snp.1053, Snp.1132. grd: kittanīya to be praised Pv-a.9
aor…

…˚akkosati, ˚āneti, ˚katheti, ˚karoti, ˚kūṭa¹ ˚kkamati, ˚khamāpeti, ˚gāti (sing in response), ˚gīta ˚daṇḍa…

to answer, reply Ja.vi.224; DN-a.i.263.

paṭi + katheti

to greet friendly in return Ja.vi.224 (= sammodanīya-kathāya paṭikatheti C.).

paṭi + saṃ + Caus. of mud

…sārāṇīyaṃ kathaṃ katheti Dhp-a.i.107; Dhp-a.iv.87; sārāṇīyā dhammā states of conciliation, fraternal living (Dial.…

to call out, to talk to, lay claim to Vin.i.97; Vin.iii.105; Pp.67 (= katheti Pp-a.249).

ud + lapati

…Snp-a.541, Snp-a.542, or katheti bhaṇati etc. (the typical Niddesa explⁿ of vadati: see Cnd.555) Mnd.161. In contracted (&…

to be called DN.i.168, DN.i.245; Snp.436, Snp.759, Snp.848, Snp.861, Snp.946; Mnd.431; Cnd. s.v. katheti; Snp-a.204; Dhp-a.ii.35. See also vatti
pp vutta.

Pa …

…fitness: dhamma-yuttakaṃ katheti to speak righteous speech Ja.iv.356
■ Usually combined with a grd., seemingly pleonastically (like yutta),…