vahati : [vah + a] bears; carries; does one's work; flows.

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

Vahati [vah, Idg. *ṷeĝh to drive, lead, cp. Sk. vahitra= Lat. vehiculum=E. vehicle; Gr. o)/xos waggon, Av. vaƶaiti to lead, Lat. veho to drive etc.; Goth. ga -- wigan =Ohg. wegan=Ger. bewegen; Goth. wēgs=Ger. weg, E. way; Ohg. wagan=E. waggon, etc. -- Dhtp 333 & Dhtm 498: vaha pāpuṇane] 1. to carry, bear, transport J iv.260; PvA 14 (=dhāreti); Miln 415 (of iron: carry weight). -- imper. vaha Vv 8117; inf. vahituŋ PvA 122 (perhaps superfluous); grd.vahitabba Mhvs 23, 93. <-> 2. to proceed, to do one's work M i.444; Mhvs 34, 4 guḷayantaŋ vahitvāna, old var. reading for P.T.S. ed. T. reading guḷayantamhi katvāna. -- 3. to work, to be able, to have power A i.282. -- Pass. vuyhati (Sk. uhyate) to be carried (along) Vin i.106; Th 1, 88; ppr.vuyhamāna S iv.179; Th 1, 88; J iv.260; PvA 153; pass. also vahīyati PvA 56 (=nīyati); ppr. vahīyamāna Miln 397. -- pp. ūḷha (see soḍha), vuḷha & vūḷha (būḷha). -- Caus. vāheti to cause to go, to carry, to drive away Vin ii.237; Sn 282; J vi.443. -- ppr. vāhiyamāna (in med. pass. sense) J vi.125. -- pp.vahita (for vāh˚) Miln 346. Cp. ubbahati2.

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