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ete

eta

masc nom pl of eta (pron); nt nom pl of eta (pron); masc acc pl of eta (pron); nt acc pl of eta (pron); …

1. eta (pron): this
2. eti (pr): comes (to)
3. eti (pr): goes (to)
4. ete (pron): these; these people; these things
5. ete (pron): these; these people; these things (object)
6. eti (pr): becomes

Etymology. From Indo-European *e-to-s, the same root as English "this" and Latin "is"; the Pali demonstrative eta ('this') is cognate with Sanskrit eta, Greek ho (the definite article, descended from the same deictic stem), and English "this" — all stemming from the deictic particle *e-.

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

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