Asmiye 1 sg. ind. pres. med. of aś to eat, in sense of a fut. "I shall eat" J v.397, 405 (C. bhuñjissāmi). The form is to be expld. as denom. formn. fr. -- āśa food, = aŋsiyati and with metathesis asmiyati. See also añhati which would correspond either to *aŋśyati or aśnāti (see asati).