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homi

hoti

pr 1st sg of hoti (verb); imp 1st sg of hoti (verb)

1. hoti (pr): is; becomes
2. hoti (pr): exists (for)
3. hoti (pr): stays; remains; continues to be; lit. is
4. homi (pr): I am
5. homi (imp): may I be!; let me become!

Built from

• h — root · be, become
  From √bhū, with the h reflecting Pali's regular treatment of Indo-European *bʰ-. The root carries the concrete sense of existing, growing, or coming into being.
• o — stem · present stem
  A thematic vowel marking the present tense class in Pali verb inflection.
• mi — ending · 1st singular
  The primary ending for first-person singular present indicative, marking the agent as the speaker. Cognate with Sanskrit and Latin -m(ī) in the same function.

Etymology. Root √bhū (also bhav-), "to be, become, grow"; cognate with English "be", Greek phúō (φύω) "to grow, produce", Latin "fui" (perfect of esse "to be"), and Sanskrit bhavati. The present stem hoti shows regular Pali sound changes from Indo-European *bʰeuH- (be, become, grow). The prefix-less verb is primary and transparent in meaning.

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

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