Vo¹

indeclinable a particle of emphasis, perhaps = eva, or = vo² (as dative of interest). The Commentaries explain it as “nipāta,” i.e. particle. Thus at Snp.560 Snp.760.

Vo²

is enclitic form of tumhe (see under tuvaṃ), i.e. to you, of you but it is generally interpreted by the C. as “nipāta, i.e. particle (of emphasis or exclamation; i.e. vo¹) Thus e.g. at Pv.i.5#3 (cp. Pv-a.26).

cp. Vedic vaḥ, Av. vō, Lat. vos, Gr. υ ̓́μμε

Vo˚

is commonly regarded as the prefix combination vi + ava˚; (i.e. vi + o˚), but in many cases it simply represents ava˚; (= o˚) with v as euphonic (“vorschlag”), as in vonata (= onata), voloketi, vokkanti, vokiṇṇa, voropeti vosāpeti, vosāna, vossagga. In a few cases it corresponds to vi + ud˚; as in vokkamati, vocchijjati voyoga.