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amhākampi

sandhi form: amhākaṃ + api

1. amhākampi (sandhi): for us too; even for us
2. amhākaṃ (pron): us (object)
3. amhākaṃ (pron): to us; for us
4. amhākaṃ (pron): our; of us
5. ahaṃ (pron): I
6. amhākaṃ (pron): (royal plural) my; lit. our

Built from

• amhākaṃ — root · us; our
  Accusative plural of ahaṃ ("I"), the first-person pronoun. Cognate with Sanskrit aham and English "I" from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om.
• api — prefix · even; also; too
  Enclitic particle emphasizing or adding the preceding word. Often marks something as additional or unexpected in a series.

Analysis. amhākaṃ (accusative plural of ahaṃ, "us") + api ("even, also") = "even for us". The form contracts across a word boundary, with the final ṃ of amhākaṃ assimilating before the initial vowel of api.

Etymology. ahaṃ is the first-person singular pronoun, cognate with Sanskrit aham and English "I" (from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂om). The plural amhākaṃ ("we, us, our") extends this root. api ("even, also, too") is an enclitic particle of uncertain origin, perhaps originally meaning "on top of" or "additionally".

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

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