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kuhiṁ

interrogative adverb (locative)

1. where?
2. in what place?

Built from

• ku — root · what, which
  Interrogative pronoun stem, cognate with English 'who', Latin 'quī', Greek 'pós' (all from PIE *kwo-).
• hiṁ — ending · locative
  Locative case ending for pronouns, marking location or spatial reference ('in/at what place?').

Etymology. From the pronominal stem ku- (what, which) + locative ending -hiṁ. The stem ku- is cognate with English 'who' and Latin 'quī' (both from PIE *kwo-). The suffix -hiṁ is the locative case ending for pronouns.

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

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