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sutvā

absolutive of suṇāti

1. having heard; having listened (to)

Built from

• su — root · hear
  From Indo-European *kleu- "to hear"; cognate with English "shrill" (a heard sound) and Greek κλύω klúō. The root appears in Sanskrit śru- and Pali su-.
• tvā — ending · having done (absolutive)
  The absolutive suffix marks an action completed before the main verb, expressing means or temporal sequence.

Etymology. suṇāti is from the zero-grade root √śru (Sanskrit, also in Greek κλύ-ω klúō "hear" and English "shrill", which originally meant the piercing sound one hears). The absolutive -tvā marks a completed action before the main verb.

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

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