महु

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Apabhramsa

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मह्यम् (mahyam).

Pronoun

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महु (mahu)

  1. genitive singular of हउं (haüṃ): my
    • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 4.379.1:[1][2]
      महु कंतहो बे दोसडा
      हेल्लि म झंखहि आलु ।
      mahu kaṃtaho be dosaḍā
      helli ma jhaṃkhahi ālu.
      • 1928 translation by Parashuram Lakshman Vaidya
        My lover has [only] two flaws
        my friend, do not tell a lie

References

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  1. ^ Kantilal Vyas (1982) Apabhraṁśa of Hemacandra (Prakrit text series)‎[1], Prakrit Text Society, →LCCN, page 133
  2. ^ Ratanlal Sanghvi (1963) Siddhahaimaśabdānuśāsana[2], volume 2, →LCCN, page 515

Further reading

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  • Madhusudan Mishra (1992) A Grammar of Apabhraṃśa[3], Vidyanidhi Prakashan, →LCCN, page 25