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esā

eta

fem nom sg of eta (pron); masc voc sg of esanta (prp); nt voc sg of esanta (prp); reflx aor 3rd sg of esi (verb)

1. eta (pron): this
2. esanta (prp): seeking; searching (for)
3. esā (pron): she; this; this woman
4. esi (aor): sought, searched

Etymology. From PIE *e-s- (demonstrative stem 'this'). Cognates: English is (from the same PIE copula *es-), Latin est, Greek esti. The stem eta- (nom masc etaṁ, fem esā, nt etaṁ) is the Pali continuation of the ancient demonstrative pronoun; the feminine nominative esā shows the regular ablaut and gender marking of the early Indo-European pronoun system.

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

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