vaṇeti

to wish, desire, ask, beg Ja.v.27 (spelt vaṇṇeti C. explains as vāreti icchati); pres. med. 1st pl. vaṇimhase (= Sk. vṛṇīmahe) Ja.ii.137 (= icchāma C.). As vanayati at Kp-a.111 (vanayatī ti vanaṃ).

Caus. of van (see etym. under vana2), cp. vaṇi (vani). It may be derived directly fr. vṛ; vṛṇāti = P vuṇāti, as shown by vaṇimhase. A Denom. fr. vani is vanīyati