Pali Literature and Language c7.s2.t2.7

c7.s2.t2.7

Notes: 1. The unbracketed forms are the regular ones in the post-canonical prose, in which, for instance, clear distinction is made between *tvaṃ* 'thou' and *taṃ* 'thee'. All these forms are used also already in the oldest periods of the language. The bracketed forms are archaic or rarer. Attestation of the Pronoun of the first person: Sg. Acc. *mamaṃ* Jā. III. 55⁵, S. I. 88²¹, 219³⁴; Gen. *mamaṃ* Sn. 694, D. II. 90¹¹, A. II. 1¹¹, *amhaṃ*¹ Th1. 1045 (or Pl. Dat.-Gen.?); Pl. Nom. *amhe* S. I. 118¹², DhCo. III. 56¹⁷; Acc. *asme* Jā. III. 859²¹ (Comm. = *amhe*), *amhākaṃ* JāCo. I. 221²⁹; Dat.-Gen. *asmākaṃ* Sn. p. 102, *amhaṃ* Th2 287, Jā. III. 300¹⁶, VI. 509³⁰, Mhvs. 5. 200. Pronoun of the second person: Sg. Nom. *tvaṃ* Sn. 377 d, Vv. 64. 23 c, Pv. II. 3. 2; Acc. *tvaṃ* Mhvs. 10. 50 c, *tuvaṃ* Sn. 377 d, Vv. 84. 10; Pl. Acc. *tumhākaṃ* JāCo. I. 221²⁹; Dat.-Gen. *tumhaṃ* D. I. 3⁵, JāCo. III. 19¹⁵.—2. The *m* of *mayaṃ* = Skr. *vayaṃ* is taken over from the forms of the Sg. such as *mam*, *mayā* etc., just as the *t* of *tumhe*, *tumhākaṃ* etc. (as opposed to Skr. *yuṣmākaṃ* etc.) has been taken over from the forms *tam*, *tayā* etc.—3. The Nom.-Acc. Pl. *amhe* (*asme*) and *tumhe* correspond to the Vedic forms *asme*, *yuṣme*, which according to Pāṇini VII. 1. 39 may be used for various plural cases².—4. The *e* of *amhehi*, *amhesu*, *tumhehi*, *tumhesu* as opposed to *asmābhis*, *asmāsu*, *yuṣmābhis*, *yuṣmāsu* are to be explained by the analogy of the forms *tehi*, *tesu* etc. (§ 105).