Asmiye 1 singular indicative present medium of aś to eat, in sense of a future "I shall eat" Ja V 397, 405 (commentary bhuñjissāmi). The form is to be explained as denominative formation from āśa food, = aṃsiyati and with metathesis asmiyati. See also añhati which would correspond either to °aṃśyati or aśnāti (see asati).