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assa

masc voc sg of assa (noun); opt 3rd sg of assa (verb); opt 2nd sg of assa (verb); imp 2nd sg of assati (verb); …

1. assa (masc): horse
2. assa (masc): horsemanship; horse-riding
3. assa (masc): corner; edge; angle
4. assa (opt): may be; could be; should be; would be; could become
5. assa (pron): to him; for him
6. assa (pron): his; of him; its; of it
7. assa (masc): ashes; dust
8. assati (pr): abandons
9. …

Etymology. The noun 'horse' is cognate with Sanskrit aśva, Greek hippos (via Etruscan), Latin equus, and Germanic forms (Old English eoh). All descend from PIE *h₁eḱwos. The optative and pronoun forms are inflections of assa as a verb stem and pronoun, not etymologically distinct.

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

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