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ito

ita

masc nom sg of ita (pp); masc abl sg of ima (pron)

1. ita (pp): come; gone
2. ito (pron): from this (person); from this (thing)
3. ito (ind): (of place) from here; away from; lit. from this
4. ito (ind): (of time) from here; from now; after; lit. from this
5. ito (ind): because of this; lit. from this
6. ima (pron): this
7. ito (ind): than this; lit. from this

Analysis. ito is the ablative or indeclinable form of ima 'this'; as ablative it carries the spatial sense 'away from', and as indeclinable adverb it extends this to temporal 'from now', causal 'because of', and comparative 'than'.

Etymology. ita is the past participle of √i 'go' (Sanskrit ī, Greek ἴμεν

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

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