Byā (indeclinable) [distorted from iva = eva, with metathesis and diæresis *veyya > *veyyā > *vyā > byā] intensive particle: "just so, certainly, indeed" only in phrase "evaṃ byā kho" Vin II 26; IV 134 = Sv I 27; M I 130 (evaṃ vyā kho ti evaṃ viya kho commentary), 257.
(ind, ind, emph) indeed; truly; certainly; exactly Construction: iva > eva > veyya > veyyā > vyā > byā