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etadavocumha

etadavoca

aor 1st pl of etadavoca (verb)

1. said this (to)

Built from

• etad — root · this
  Neuter singular of the demonstrative pronoun eta; shows the deictic 'this' pointing directly to what follows or precedes. Cognate with Latin et and Greek to.
• a — prefix · toward
  The prefix ā- turned inward (here integrated into avoca); points the action back toward the speaker or into focus.
• voc — root · speak, say
  From √vac (speak); PIE *wekw-. Cognate with Latin vox (voice), English voice, Greek epos (word). The aorist reduplication a- + vac- yields avoc-.
• a — ending · 1st/3rd singular aorist
  Aorist active ending; in context marked as 1st plural 'we said' by convention or collective voice. Appears in the 3rd singular form but often functions as 1st plural in early Pali texts.

Analysis. etad + avoca; etad is the neuter nominative/accusative singular of eta (this), and avoca is the 3rd singular aorist of vac- (speak), here used in the 1st plural sense (collective). The compound means 'spoke this' or 'said thus to'.

Etymology. etad from eta- (demonstrative pronoun 'this', cognate with Latin et- in et-iam 'even this', and Greek to- in the neuter form to 'the'); avoca from √vac (speak, from PIE *wekw-, cognate with Latin vox 'voice', English voice, Greek epos 'word'). The aorist stem avoc- represents an ancient perfect formation.

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

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