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Kaccāyana-Byākaraṇaṃ · chapter 6 of 8

§451

Tanādito o-yirā

After “tanu” and others, [there are] ‘o’ and ‘yira’.

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451. 520. Tanādito o-yirā (932)

[Tanu-ādito + o-yirā = 2 words]

Tanu icc evamādito dhātugaṇato o yira icc ete paccayā honti kattari.

Tanoti, tanohi; karoti (M. i, 10), karohi (Khu. ii, 172); kayirati, kayirāhi.

After “tanu” and others, [there are] ‘o’ and ‘yira’.
After the group of roots that begin with “tanu”, there are the suffixes ‘o’ and ‘yira’ in the active voice.
Examples
  1. Tanoti ([he] stretches), tanohi (stretch [you]!).
  2. Karoti ([he] does), karohi (do [you]!).
  3. Kayirati ([he] does), kayirāhi (do [you]!).
Sequence of tanoti
  1. tanu (§457)
  2. tan (§521)
  3. tan + ti (§414)
  4. tan + o + ti (§451)
  5. tanoti (§11)

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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.