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esa

eta

masc nom sg of eta (pron); imp 2nd sg of esati (verb); masc voc sg of esanta (prp); nt voc sg of esanta (prp); …

1. eta (pron): this
2. esa (pron): this; he; it
3. esati (pr): seeks; looks; probes (for)
4. esanta (prp): seeking; searching (for)
5. esi (aor): sought, searched

Built from

• es- — root · seek, search out
  Concrete sense of reaching toward or probing into something. Cognate with Latin is (he, she, it) through PIE *e-so-, though the verb shows secondary development as a searching action.
• -a — ending · masc nom sg
  Nominative singular masculine ending on the pronoun eta (also appearing as esa in some forms and contexts).

Etymology. The pronoun eta/esa descends from Proto-Indo-European *e-so- (this one, he), the same root as Latin is (he, she, it) and Sanskrit eṣa. The verbal esati (seeks, probes) is a denominative or desiderative formation from the same root, with the concrete sense of reaching toward or searching out.

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

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