aṃha

aṃha aṃh (allied to aṅgh), cl. 1. A. aṃhate,

hitum, to go, set out, commence; to ap-

proach: cl. 10. P. aṃhayati, to send; to speak; to

shine. [The rt. aṃh seems to have had originally

another meaning, viz. to press together, strangle; =

Gr. ἄγχω]