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ahu

nt nom sg of ahu (noun); nt voc sg of ahu (noun); aor 3rd sg of ahosi (verb); reflx aor 1st sg of ahosi (verb)

1. ahu (aor): was
2. ahu (aor): I myself was
3. ahu (nt): day
4. ahosi (aor): was; existed; became

Etymology. ahu (day) is the neuter noun stem cognate with Sanskrit ahan, Greek hēmera (through metathesis and ablaut), and English day (< Proto-Germanic *dagaz); all descend from PIE *eh₂- 'to go' or a related temporal root. The verbal aorist ahosi is from √ah 'to be', cognate with Sanskrit ās, Greek ēn 'was', and English is, Latin esse — the most archaic and suppletive form of the copula.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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