imāya

ima

fem instr sg of ima (pron); fem dat sg of ima (pron); fem abl sg of ima (pron); fem gen sg of ima (pron)

ima (pron): this
imāya (pron): by this; with this; due to this

Etymology. Proto-Indo-European *i- (this, here); cognate with Latin is (this), English -ish (suffix from Old English īs), and Sanskrit ima. The root *i- appears across Indo-European languages as a deictic particle pointing to the immediate present.

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

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