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anekepi

aneka

adj (emphatic particle form anekepi)

1. many; various; countless; lit. not one

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation without concrete imagery. Cognate with English 'un-' and Greek 'a(n)-'.
• eka — root · one
  From PIE *oiko-; cognate with English 'one', Latin 'unus', Sanskrit 'eka'. The negated form yields 'not-one' = many.
• -pi — ending · even, also (emphatic)
  Emphatic particle (enclitic) that adds force or concession to the preceding word, here intensifying 'many' to 'even/also many'.

Analysis. aneke + api: 'many' (nominative singular neuter) + 'even, also' (emphatic particle); lit. 'even many', stressing the plurality or variety.

Etymology. an- (prefix, negation: not) + eka (one, from PIE *oiko- 'single'; cognate with English 'one', Latin 'unus'). Literally 'not one', hence 'many'. The -api suffix adds emphasis or concession ('even so, even many').

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

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