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L: `sabbanāma` (Pronouns)

  1. Personal pronoun (puggalanāmaṃ).
  2. Demonstrative pronoun (nidassananāmaṃ).
  3. Relative pronoun (anvayīnāmaṃ).
  4. Interrogative pronoun (pucchānāmaṃ).
  5. Indefinite pronoun (anīyamanāmaṃ).
  6. Possessive pronoun
nosabbanāmameaning
1sabba“all”
2katara“which [of two]?”
3katama“which [of many]?”
4ubbaya“both”
5itara“other [of two]”
6añña“other [of many]”
7aññatara“other [of many]”
8aññatama“a certain [of two]”
9pubba“former”
10para“another”
11apara“another”
12dakkhiṇa“right,” “south”
13uttara“upper,” “north,” “more than”
14adhara“lower”
15ya“who,” “what”
16ta“he,” “that”
17eta“this”
18ima“this”
19amu“that”
20kiṃ“what?”, “why?”
21eka“one”
22ubha“both”
23dvi“two”
24ti“three”
25catu“four”
26tumha“you”
27amha“I,” “we”

This is used as the pronoun for uttama purisa (in English, “1st” person)

vibhatti
ahaṃ (amhi, asmi, mhi)amhā, amhe, mayaṃ, mayhaṃ, no, vayaṃ
maṃ, mamaṃ, mayhaṃ, mām-, meamhākaṃ, amhe, asmākaṃ, asme, no
mayā, meamhebhi, amhehi, asmāhi, asmābhi, no
mamato, mayā, meamhebhi, amhehi, asmāhi, asmābhi, no
④⑥amhaṃ, mama(ṃ), mamā, maṃ, mayha(ṃ), meamhaṃ, amhāka(ṃ), asmākaṃ, no (ne)
mayi, meamhesu, asmāsu, asmesu

This is used as the pronoun for majjima purisa (in English, “2nd” person)

vibhatti
taṃ, tuvaṃ, tvaṃtumhe, vo
taṃ, tavaṃ, tuvaṃ, tvaṃ, tyaṃ, tetumhākaṃ, tumhe, vaṃ, ve, vo
tayā, te, tvāyatumhebhi, tumhehi, vaṃ, ve, vo
tayā, te, tvāyatumhebhi, tumhehi
④⑥tava(ṃ), tayā, te, tumhaṃ, tuyha(ṃ)tumhaṃ, tumhāka(ṃ), tuyhaṃ (possibly), vaṃ, ve, vo
tayi, tvayitumhesu

This is used as the pronoun for paṭhama purisa (in English, “3rd” person)

vibhatti🚹🚻🚺
sa, se, so, sūtad-, tadaṃ, taṃ (naṃ), se
taṃ (naṃ), tetad-, taṃ (naṃ), setaṃ
tena (nena)tena (nena)tāya (nāya)
tamhā, tasmā (nasmā), tato, tātotamhā, tasmā (nasmā), tato, tātotāya (nāya)
④⑥asmā, assa, tassa (nassa), tāya (④)asmā, assa, tassa (nassa), tāya (④)assā, tassā (nassā), tassāya (nassāya), tāya, tissā, tissāya
asmiṃ, tamhi, tamhī, tasmiṃ (nasmiṃ)asmiṃ, tamhi, tamhī, tasmiṃ (nasmiṃ)assaṃ, tassaṃ, tāsaṃ (nassaṃ), tāya(ṃ) (nāyaṃ), tissaṃ
vibhatti🚹🚻🚺
te (ne)tānitā, tāyo
te (ne)tānitā (nā), tāyo
tebhi, tehi (nehi)tebhi, tehi (nehi)tābhi, tāhi (nāhi)
tebhi, tehi (nehi)tebhi, tehi (nehi)tābhi, tāhi (nāhi)
④⑥tesaṃ (nesaṃ), tesānaṃtesaṃ (nesaṃ), tesānaṃtāsaṃ (nāsaṃ), tāsānaṃ, sānaṃ
tesu (nesu)tesu (nesu)tāsu (nāsu)