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tumheti

tumha

pronoun, 2nd person plural (nominative/accusative)

1. tumha (pron): you
2. tumhe (pron): you all
3. tumhe (pron): (object) you all
4. tvaṃ (pron): you (subject)
5. tumhe (pron): (royal plural) you; lit. you all
6. tumhe (pron): (object) (royal plural) you; lit. you all

Built from

• tum- — root · you (plural)
  Oblique stem of the 2nd person plural pronoun. Cognate with Sanskrit tva-, Latin tu-, English thou, all from Indo-European *tu-, the basic 2nd person marker.
• -he — ending · plural object marker
  Pali plural object ending on pronouns. Marks tumhe as accusative/dative plural form.
• iti — root · thus, quotative
  Particle that quotes or frames the preceding word, lending emphasis or citation-like status to the pronoun.

Analysis. tumhe + iti: tumhe (2nd person plural pronoun, object form) + iti (quotative particle "thus, so"), forming a quasi-adverbial "you yourselves" or emphasizing address; the -iti particle frames the pronoun as a cited or emphasized form.

Etymology. tumha is the oblique stem of the 2nd person plural pronoun, cognate with Sanskrit tvam (2nd singular "you") and Indo-European *tu- (seen in Latin tu, English thou, German du). The *t- initial is the proto-pronoun marker for 2nd person.

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

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