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iti

indeclinable particle

1. thus; like this; this is; and so

Built from

• i — root · this, here
  Demonstrative pronoun stem. The concrete sense is deixis—pointing to something present or immediate in space or time.
• ti — ending · adverbial suffix
  Forms adverbs and particles marking manner, direction, or quotation from nominal or pronominal stems; here it marks iti as a sentence-final quotative particle.

Etymology. From the demonstrative stem i- (this, here) with the adverbial suffix -ti. Cognate with Sanskrit iti, Greek i-σ-τε (iste, you-all), Latin is-te (you-all, from the same i- stem). The suffix -ti forms adverbs from pronouns and demonstratives across Indo-European languages.

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

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