1. Bَهُ
adjective to strengthen, cp. upabrūhana, paribbūḷha much, many, large, abundant; plenty; in compound also very, greatly (˚-) instr. sg. bahunā Dhp.166; nom. pl bahavo Vin.iii.90; Dhp.307, & bahū Dhp.53; Ja.iv.366 Ja.v.40; Ja.vi.472; Bv.2, Bv.47; Pv.iv.1#4; Mhvs.35, Mhvs.98; Pv-a.67; nt. pl. bahūni Snp.665, Snp.885; gen. dat. bahunnaṃ SN.i.196; Snp.503, Snp.957, & bahūnaṃ Ja.v.446; Kv.528 (where id. p. MN.i.447 reads bahunnaṃ); instr. bahūhi Pv-a.241; loc. bahūsu Pv-a.58
■ nt. nom. bahu Dhp.258; bahuṃ Pv-a.166, & bahud in compound bahud-eva (d may be euphonic) Ja.i.170; Bv.20, Bv.32. As nt. n. bahuṃ a large quantity AN.ii.183 (opp. appaṃ); abl. bahumhā Ja.v.387. As adv. bahu so much Pv.ii.13#11
■ Compar bahutara greater, more, in greater number AN.i.36 (pl bahutarā, opp. appakā); AN.ii.183; SN.v.457, SN.v.466; Ja.ii.293 Ja.vi.472; Pv.ii.1#17; Mil.84; Pv-a.38, Pv-a.76
■ In composition with words beginning with a vowel (in sandhi bahu as a rule appears as bavh˚; (for bahv˚, see Geiger P.Gr. § 49, 1), but the hiatus form bahu is also found as in bahu-itthiyo Ja.i.398 (besides bahutthika); bahuamaccā Ja.i.125; bahu-āyāsa (see below). Besides we have the contracted form bahū as in bahûpakāra, etc.).
-ābādha (bavh˚) great suffering or illness, adj. full of sickness, ailing much MN.ii.94; AN.i.107; AN.ii.75, AN.ii.85; Mil.65; Sdhp.89 (cp. 77). -āyāsa (bahu˚) great trouble Thig.343
■ (i)tthika (bahutthika) having many women Vin.ii.256; SN.ii.264. -ūdaka containing much water Ja.iii.430 (f. bahūdikā & bahodikā).; -ūpakāra of great service, very helpful, very useful SN.iv.295; SN.v.32; MN.iii.253; Iti.9; Vin.v.191; Ja.i.121; Pv.iv.1#56; Pv-