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hohi

hoti

imp 2nd sg of hoti (verb)

1. hoti (pr): is; becomes
2. hoti (pr): exists (for)
3. hoti (pr): stays; remains; continues to be; lit. is
4. hohi (imp): be! you must become!

Built from

• ho- — stem · be, become
  Present stem of bhū-, the verb of existence and becoming. Concrete sense: growth and natural coming-into-being.
• -hi — ending · you (sg) imperative
  Second person singular imperative marker, commanding the addressee to perform the action.

Etymology. Root bhū- (Sanskrit bhavati, English "be", Greek phuein "grow"; also cognate with Latin fui "I was" and English "be" itself). The Pali present stem hoti comes from Indo-European *bhew- "to grow, become, be". The imperative hohi preserves the thematic vowel -o- of the present stem with the imperative ending -hi (2nd sg).

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

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