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amhesu

ahaṃ

1st loc pl of ahaṃ (pron)

1. amhesu (pron): in us; among us
2. ahaṃ (pron): I

Built from

• amh- — stem · we, us
  The oblique stem of ahaṃ, used in all cases except nominative and accusative singular. Reflects the same Indo-European root *egH- that gives English I and Latin ego.
• -su — ending · locative plural
  The locative plural ending -su marks location or sphere ('in', 'among'). Here it indicates the location or collective sense in which the first-person plural agents are situated.

Etymology. From Indo-European *egH- 'I'. Cognate with English I, German ich, Latin ego, Greek egō (ἐγώ), Sanskrit aham. The Pali first-person pronoun derives from the same root as these languages.

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

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