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idhāvuso

sandhi contraction of idha + āvuso

1. here friend; now brothers; in this case brethren

Built from

• idha — root · here, in this place
  An old locative adverb cognate with English 'this' and German 'dies-', pointing to proximity.
• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  The prefix ā (toward the speaker) is absorbed into the contraction; here it reinforces the vocative address, turning the noun toward the hearer.
• vuso — stem · friend, brother
  The stem vuso (from avuso in vocative) means companion or peer; it addresses the hearer directly in the nominative or vocative frame of friendly address.

Analysis. idha (here, in this place) + āvuso (vocative of avuso, friend, brother); the final -a of idha and initial ā- of āvuso contract to ā in sandhi, making idhāvuso a familiar colloquial address.

Etymology. idha is an old locative adverb from the root *idh- (this place), cognate with English this and German dies-; āvuso derives from a root meaning companion or peer, with no certain Indo-European cognate. The contraction is natural in speech and frequent in dialogue.

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

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