Okantati (okkant˚)

to cut off, cut out, cut away, carve; pres. okantati MN.i.129; Pv.iii.10#2 (= ava˚ Pv-a.213); ger. okantitvā Ja.i.154 (migaṃ o. after carving the deer); Pv-a.192 (piṭṭhi maṃsāni), & okacca Ja.iv.210 (T. okkacca, variant reading BB ukk˚ C. explains by okkantitvā)
pp avakanta & avakantita.

o + kantati, cp. also apakantati