āhuneyya

adjective sacrificial, worthy of offerings or of sacrifice, venerable, adorable, worshipful DN.iii.5, DN.iii.217 (aggi); AN.ii.56, AN.ii.70 (sāhuneyyaka), AN.ii.145 sq. (id.); AN.iv.13, AN.iv.41 (aggi); Iti.88 (+ pāhuneyya); Vv.64#33 (cp. Vv-a.285). See def. at Vism.219 where expld. by “āhavanīya” and “āhavanaṃ arahati” deserving of offerings.

a grd. form. fr. ā + hu, cp. āhuti