adverb; interrogative and indefinite
Etymology. From the root kath- (to speak, tell); cognate with Sanskrit kathá and Greek pothi (how). The interrogative sense derives from the speaking/telling root: 'in what manner is it told/spoken?'
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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