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akuhassa

akuha

masc dat sg of akuha (adj); nt dat sg of akuha (adj); masc gen sg of akuha (adj); nt gen sg of akuha (adj)

1. honest; straightforward; not deceitful; trustworthy

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; the concrete sense is absence or lack. Cognate with English un- and Greek a(n)- as in atheist.
• kuha — root · deceit, crookedness
  The root underlying the nominal form; its etymology is uncertain, but it denotes the quality of being crooked or dishonest in speech and conduct.

Etymology. a- (not, without) + kuha (deceit, crookedness). The root kuha appears in Sanskrit kuhaka and is of uncertain origin; the word literally means 'without deceit' or 'without crookedness', hence honest and straightforward in dealings. The prefix a- (English un-, Greek a(n)-) negates the noun kuha, just as avijjā negates vijjā (knowing).

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

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