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hu

masc voc pl of hu (noun)

have (ind): truly; really; indeed; surely
hu (masc): killer; murderer; slayer

Built from

hu — root · call, invoke, sacrifice; strike
The root conveys both ritual utterance and the physical act of striking or slaying. It appears in Sanskrit yajati 'sacrifice' (related through *yuh-) and Greek θύω (thýō) 'sacrifice, kill for offering', both sharing the Indo-European sense of invoking or striking ritually.

Etymology. From the root √hu (to call, invoke, sacrifice), cognate with Sanskrit hu- and Greek ὕω (hýō, to sacrifice). The particle 'truly, indeed' is an exclamatory usage derived from the imperative or vocative force of ritual invocation. The agent noun 'killer' develops from the root's sense of 'striking' or 'dealing a blow' in sacrifice.

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

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