katheti : [kath + e] says; speaks; relates.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Katheti (v. den. fr. kathā, cp. Sk. kathayate] aor. kathesi, inf. kathetuŋ & kathetave (Vin i.359); Pass. kathīyati & katheti (Miln 22, cp. Trenckner, Notes 122); ppr. Pass. kathīyamāna & kacchamāna (A. iii.181); grd. kathetabba, kathanīya & kaccha, -- 1. to speak, say, tell, relate (in detail: vitthārato PvA 77). mā kathesi (=mā bhaṇi) do not speak PvA 16. -- to tell (a story): J. i.2; iv.137; PvA 12, 13. -- 2. to converse with J. vi.413; PvA 86 (=āmantayi). -- 3. to report, to inform J v.460. -- 4. to recite DhA i.166. -- 5. to expound, explain, preach J i.30; Miln 131; DhA i.88; Nd2 s. v. -- 6. to speak about (with acc.) Vin ii.168. -- 7. to refer to J i.307. -- 8. to answer or solve (a question) J i.165; v.66. -- Caus ii.kathāpeti to make say Mhvs 24, 4 (aor. kathāpayi); DhA ii.35; KhA 118.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

katheti(v. den. fr. [kathā談論]): 談論{pp. kathita}

巴漢辭典 編者：(斗六) 廖文燦

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[tenses]

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[translation-san] {C} katheti (=kathayati)

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} indicate; teach; demonstrate; show; reveal

[translation-eng] {C} preaches

Jeffrey Hopkins' Tibetan-Sanskrit-English Dictionary