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assāma

assa

opt 1st pl of assa (verb); pr 1st pl of assati (verb); imp 1st pl of assati (verb)

1. assa (opt): may be; could be; should be; would be; could become
2. assati (pr): abandons
3. assāma (opt): we could be; we may be; we might be; we should be

Etymology. √as + a; from √as 'be'; Sanskrit syāt [as]

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

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