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saddesu

sadda

masc loc pl of sadda (noun); nt loc pl of sadda (noun)

1. sound; noise
2. word; lit. sound
3. report; reputation; good estimation; lit. sound
4. (gram) word; part of a word; the word ' '; lit. sound
5. sound; noise
6. voice; lit. sound
7. (gram) nominal stem; lit. sound

Built from

• sadd — root · sound, resound
  PIE *swenh₂-. The root captures the concrete image of vibration and acoustic waves spreading through space, extended to 'word' (what carries meaning through sound) and 'reputation' (what spreads by report).
• a — ending · masc/nt nominative stem
  The thematic vowel -a marks the basic stem; locative plural -su follows (not shown separately as it is sandhi-fused with the stem vowel in the surface form saddesu).

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- 'to sound, resound'. Sanskrit śabda, English 'sound' (via different grade of the same root). The root expresses the concrete image of vibration and resonance spreading outward.

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

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