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ambho

Ambho

indeclinable part. of exclamation, employed: to draw attention = look here, hey! hallo! Vin.iii.73 (= ālapan’ âdhivacana); Ja.ii.3 ; Pv-a.62 . to mark reproach anger = you silly, you rascal DN.i.194 ; Iti.114 ; Ja.i.174 (variant reading amho), Ja.i.254 ; Mil.48 . fr. haṃ + bho, see bho , orig. “hall

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Where it lives

Digha Nikaya 26 · 1.81/10k
Itivuttaka 2 · 1.73/10k
Udana 1 · 0.5/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

indeclinable part. of exclamation, employed:

to draw attention = look here, hey! hallo! Vin.iii.73 (= ālapan’ âdhivacana); Ja.ii.3; Pv-a.62.
to mark reproach anger = you silly, you rascal DN.i.194; Iti.114; Ja.i.174 (variant reading amho), Ja.i.254; Mil.48.

fr. haṃ + bho, see bho, orig. “hallo you there”

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