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suṇāhi

suṇāti

imp 2nd sg of suṇāti (verb)

1. hears
2. listens (to)

Built from

• suṇ — root · hear
  From Indo-European *swen- 'resound, ring'. Cognate with Latin sonus, English sound, and Greek ὄφρυς (through sound's sense of prominence). The root captures the concrete image of sound rising up and reaching the ear.
• ā — ending · 2nd sg imperative
  The thematic ā-ending marks the 2nd person singular imperative of a present-tense verb, giving a direct command: 'you (sg) hear (now)!'.

Etymology. √su (suṇ-) meaning 'to hear'; cognate with Latin sonus 'sound' and English 'sound'. The root belongs to Indo-European *swen- 'to resound, ring'. The prefix su- (well, good) is not present here; the su- in suṇ- is part of the root itself, which originally conveyed the sense of 'hearing well' or the audible swelling of sound.

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

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