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honti

hoti

pr 3rd pl of hoti (verb); fem voc sg of honta (prp)

1. hoti (pr): is; becomes
2. hoti (pr): exists (for)
3. hoti (pr): stays; remains; continues to be; lit. is
4. honta (prp): existing
5. honta (prp): becoming

Built from

• h — root · be, become
  Root √hu underlying the present stem, from Indo-European *bhew-. Cognate with English be, Latin fui (past of sum), Sanskrit bhavati. The concrete sense of growth and becoming underlies all abstract uses.
• o — stem · present stem marker
  Thematic vowel marking the present indicative stem class.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural
  Regular ending for third person plural in the present indicative, marking multiple agents.

Etymology. Root √hu (bhavati in Sanskrit), cognate with English 'be' and Latin 'fui' (past of sum). The present stem hoti derives from Indo-European *bhew- "to grow, become, be." Sanskrit bhavati and Pali hoti are direct descendants.

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

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