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hotha

hoti

pr 2nd pl of hoti (verb); imp 2nd pl of hoti (verb)

1. hoti (pr): is; becomes
2. hoti (pr): exists (for)
3. hoti (pr): stays; remains; continues to be; lit. is
4. hotha (imp): may you all be!; you all must be!; I pray you all may be!

Built from

• ho — stem · be, become
  Reduced stem of √bhū (Sanskrit bhavati). The root appears in all tenses and persons of hoti. Cognates: English be, Latin fui (past of sum), Greek phuein (to grow), Sanskrit bhavati (becomes). The imagery is of coming-into-being, growth, presence.
• tha — ending · 2nd person plural
  Middle and active ending marking the second person plural present indicative or imperative. The same ending appears in Sanskrit -tha.

Etymology. Root √bhū (Sanskrit bhavati, become; English be, Latin fui; Proto-Indo-European *bʰeuH-). Pali hoti shows the characteristic Pali weakening of initial bh- to h-.

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

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