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Adverbs of place

Adverbs of place

These get formed by adding some suffixes to common prepositions & pronouns. They are all indeclinable.

-ttha (and Sk -tra) “place”

         
ta that + ttha tattha (tatra) there
ima this + ttha ettha here
ya whatever + ttha yattha (yatra) wherever
ka what? + ttha kattha where?
sabba all, every + ttha sabbattha everywhere
eka one +ttha ekattha in one place
añña another + ttha aññattha somewhere else
-to “from a place”        
ka what? + to kuto from where?
ta that + to tato from there
eka one + to ekato from one side
pari around + to parito from all around
pura in front + to purato in front of
samanta all + to samantato from all every direction

-hiṃ

         
ka what? + hiṃ kuhiṃ where?
ta that + hiṃ tahiṃ there
ya whatever + hiṃ yahiṃ wherever