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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 2 of 8

§151

Bahuvacanesu vo no

In the plural, “vo” and “no”.

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151. 250. Bahuvacanesu vo no (329)

[Bahuvacanesu + vo-no = 2 words]

Sabbesaṃ tumha-amhasaddānaṃ savibhattīnaṃ yadā padasmā paresaṃ vo-no-ādesā honti yathāsaṅkhyaṃ tatiyābahuvacanesu paresu.

Kataṃ vo kammaṃ, kataṃ no kammaṃ.

In the plural, “vo” and “no”.
When the third plural inflection follows, the whole words “tumha” and “amha”, when they come after a word, together with the inflections, are substituted by “vo” and “no” respectively.
Examples
  1. Vo = tumha + hi (“tumha” together with the third plural inflection ‘hi’ is substituted by “vo” (§151)).
  2. No = amha + hi (“amha” together with the third plural inflection ‘hi’ is substituted by “no” (§151)).

“Kataṃ vo kammaṃ” (the action done by you).

“Kataṃ no kammaṃ” (the action done by us).

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Pāḷi text and English translation by Bhikkhu Nandisena; edition, apparatus and glossary by the Instituto de Estudios Buddhistas Hispano (IEBH). This material may be reproduced for personal use and distributed free of charge. Copyright © 2026 IEBH. Published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21948010.