plavati

Pilavati & Plavati

to move quickly (of water), to swim, float, sway to & fro Thag.104; Mil.377; Vv-a.163; Dhs-a.76. As plavati at Ja.i.336 (verse) Dhp.334 (variant reading SS; T. palavati). As palavati at Thag.399
■ See also uppalavati (uppluta), opilāpeti, paripalavati

cp. Vedic plavati; plu, as in Lat. pluo to rain, pluvius rain, Gr. πλέω swim, πλύνω wash; Ohg flouwen etc. to rinse = E. flow