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sotukāmo

sotukāma

masc nom sg of sotukāma (adj)

1. wanting to hear; wishing to listen (to)

Built from

• sotu — stem · hearing
  Gerundive/infinitive stem of √su (listen); the concrete sense is the act of hearing.
• kāma — root · desire
  Cognate with Sanskrit kāma and Latin camare. Originally "to love" or "to come toward" (the act of desiring someone or something).

Analysis. sotu + kāma: sotu is the gerundive/infinitive stem of √su (listen), meaning "hearing" or "to be heard"; kāma means "desire" or "wish". Together: "desire for hearing".

Etymology. √su (listen) is related to Sanskrit śru, Greek akouein (hear), and English ear (all from Indo-European *sreu-). kāma is from Indo-European *kam- (desire, love), cognate with Sanskrit kāma, Latin camare (love), and related to English come (originally "desire to come").

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

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