Kiṃsmā vo

After “kiṃ” [there is] ‘va’.

Kaccāyana 251
Rūpasiddhi 269
Saddanīti 499
Nāma-Kappa · Pañcama-Kaṇḍa

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251. 269. Kiṃsmā vo (499)

[Kiṃsmā + vo = 2 words]

Kim icc etasmā va-paccayo hoti sattamyatthe.

Kva gato ’si tvaṃ devānaṃ piyatissa.

After “kiṃ” [there is] ‘va’.

In the meaning of the seventh [inflection], after “kiṃ” there is the suffix ‘va’.

Examples

Kva gato ’si tvaṃ Devānaṃ Piyatissa (where have you gone, Devānaṃ Piyatissa?):
- Kva = kiṃ + va (‘va’ is used in the meaning of the seventh inflection (§251); “kiṃ” is substituted by “ka” (§227); ‘a’ is elided (§83)).

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Declension paradigms §251

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