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amhākañcevāyaṁ

amhāka

genitive plural neuter of amakin this example contracted with eva 'indeed' and locative yam in sandhi form amhākañcevāyaṁ

1. of us
2. our

Built from

• amhāka — stem · of us
  Genitive plural form of the first-person plural pronoun, related to Sanskrit asmākam and Indo-European 'we' (English us, German uns from the same root).

Analysis. amhāka (gen.pl. of amakin 'we') + m-eva (even, indeed) + yaṁ (in the place) merged in sandhi: amhākañcevāyaṁ 'precisely in our case' or 'on our part indeed'

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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