verbe : creuser, déraciner ; détruire
khaṇati [fr.khan or khaṇ; Dhtp 179:anadāraṇe] 1.to dig (? better “destroy”; cp.Kern Toev.s.v.),dig out.uproot Dh.247,337; Sn.p.101; J.II,295; IV,371,373:Sdhp.394.Also khanati & cp.abhikkhaṇati,palikkhaṇati.– 2.[=Sk.kṣanati] to destroy Vin.II,26 (attānaṁ); M.I,132 (id.).– pp.khata & khāta (cp.palikkhata).
khan var. khā v. [1] pr. (khanati) pr. md. (khanate) fut. (khaniṣyati) pft. (cakhāna) aor. [5] (akhānīt) pp. (khāta) pfp. (kheya) pf. (ut, ni, vi) fouir, fouiller, creuser | bêcher — ps. (khāyate) var. khanyate être bêché, être creusé — ca. (khānayati) faire creuser || lat. canālis ; fr. canal.