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amhehi

ahaṃ

1st instr pl of ahaṃ (pron); 1st abl pl of ahaṃ (pron)

1. amhehi (pron): by us; with us
2. amhehi (pron): from us
3. amhehi (pron): than us
4. ahaṃ (pron): I
5. amhehi (pron): (royal plural) by me; lit. by us
6. amhehi (pron): (royal plural) from me; than me; lit. from us
7. amhehi (pron): (royal plural) than me; lit. from us

Built from

• am- — root · I, we (oblique stem)
  The oblique form of ahaṃ 'I', used in all cases except nominative and accusative singular. Descended from PIE *eg- through Proto-Indo-European *emi- (I am).
• -hi — ending · instrumental/ablative plural
  The ending -hi marks instrumental and ablative case in the plural. In this position it expresses agency (by us), accompaniment (with us), and source/comparison (from us).

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *eg- 'I', cognate with Latin ego, Greek egō, English I. The Pali first-person pronoun descends directly from PIE; the oblique stem am- appears in all non-nominative cases.

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

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