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uṭṭhethāvuso

uṭṭhahati

2nd person singular imperative (reading uṭṭhetha) + vocative particle āvuso; surface form uṭṭhethāvuso shows imperative uṭṭhetha with sandhi fusion to āvuso ("friend")

1. rise up
2. stand up
3. get up

Built from

• ud — prefix · up, out
  Upward and outward motion. Cognates: English out, German aus.
• ṭhā/sthā — root · stand
  From the same root as English "stand", Latin stāre, Sanskrit sthāti. The ud- prefix reverses the static sense to mean rising.
• tha — ending · 2nd person imperative
  Marks the imperative singular addressed to one person, commanding action.

Analysis. uṭṭhetha (imperative of uṭṭhahati) + āvuso (vocative, "friend"); the particle transforms the command into an address: "Rise up, friend!"

Etymology. From ud- (up, out) + sthā (stand), cognate with English "stand", Latin stāre, Sanskrit sthāti. The prefix ud- reverses the simple root to mean "rise" rather than "remain standing."

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

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