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hutvā

absolutive (gerund) of bhavati

1. having been
2. having become

Built from

• hu — root · become, be
  The root bhū appears as hu- in the absolutive; cognate with English "be", Latin "fui", Greek "phýesthai". The concrete sense is emergence or growth.
• tvā — ending · having (done)
  The absolutive suffix -tvā (also -tva) marks an action as completed prior to or concurrent with the main verb, functioning like an English gerund or perfective participle.

Etymology. From √bhū (be, become), cognate with English "be", German "bin", Latin "fui" (was), Greek "phýesthai" (grow); the root is ancient Indo-European *bʰeuH-. The absolutive suffix -tvā marks an action completed before the main verb.

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

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