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préfixe (invariable) : vers le bas; en bas ; peut donner aussi un sens péjoratif

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede

o- Initial 'o' in Pali may represent a Vedic o or a Vedic au (see ojas,ogha,etc.).Or it may be guṇa of u (see oḷārika,opakammika,etc.). But it is usually a prefix representing Vedic ava.The form in o is the regular use in old Pali; there are only two or three cases where ava,for metrical or other reasons,introduced.In post-canonical Pali the form in ava is the regular one.For new formations we believe there is no exception to this rule.But the old form in o has in a few cases,survived.Though o; standing alone,is derived from ava,yet compounds with o are almost invariably older than the corresponding compounds with ava (see note on ogamana).

Dictionnaire Héritage du Sanscrit, Inria, Gérard Huet (dir.)

ava pf. vers le bas ; à l'écart de | péjoratif.