Reduction of bhavati (“to be”).
hoti (root hū, first conjugation)
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ||
| 1st | homi | homa |
| 2nd | hosi | hotha |
| 3rd | hoti | honti |
| Imperfect | ||
| 1st | ahuva or ahuvaṃ or ahuvā or ahuvāsiṃ | ahuvamhā or ahuvāma |
| 2nd | ahuvo or ahuvā | ahuvattha |
| 3rd | ahuva or ahuvā | ahuvu or ahuvū |
| Imperative | ||
| 1st | homi | homa |
| 2nd | hohi | hotha |
| 3rd | hotu | hontu |
| Optative | ||
| 1st | heyyāmi or heyyaṃ | heyyāma |
| 2nd | heyyāsi | heyyātha |
| 3rd | heyya | heyyuṃ |
| Aorist | ||
| 1st | ahosiṃ or ahuṃ | ahumhā or ahumha or ahesumha or ahesumhā or ahosimhā or ahosimha |
| 2nd | ahosi or ahu | ahosittha |
| 3rd | ahosi or ahu or ahū | ahesuṃ |
| Future | ||
| 1st | hemi or hehāmi or hohāmi or hessāmi or hehissāmi or hohissāmi | hema or hehāma or hohāma or hessāma or hehissāma or hohissāma |
| 2nd | hesi or hehisi or hohisi or hessasi or hehissasi or hohissasi | hetha or hehitha or hohitha or hessatha or hehissatha or hohissatha |
| 3rd | heti or hehiti or hohiti or hessati or hehissati or hohissati | henti or hehinti or hohinti or hessanti or hehissanti or hohissanti |
Some, e.g. the Pali Text Society dictionary, classify the imperfect given above as now being an aorist.
Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhavati”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
hóti