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appāyukā

appāyuka

masc nom pl of appāyuka (adj); fem nom sg of appāyuka (adj); fem nom pl of appāyuka (adj); nt nom pl of appāyuka (adj); …

1. short-lived; with a brief lifespan

Built from

• app- — root · small
  From appaka; related to Sanskrit alpa- 'small, few'. No certain Indo-European cognate, though some compare Greek oligos 'small'.
• ā — ending · stem formant
  Nominal stem vowel forming the base appā.
• yuk — root · yoked, bound
  From √yuj 'yoke, join'; cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum 'yoke', Greek zeugos 'yoke'. Originally means 'fitted together, bound'.
• a — ending · adjective
  Adjectival suffix forming yuka 'having, possessed of' (what is yoked/bound to a quality).

Analysis. appā + yuka: appā is short for appaka 'small, little'; yuka 'yoked, bound' (from √yuj), here used as -yuka 'having, possessed of' (suffix denoting quality or state). The compound means 'bound to/possessed of smallness (of life)', hence short-lived.

Etymology. From appā (diminutive stem of appaka 'small, little', related to Sanskrit alpa-) + yuka ('having', from √yuj 'yoke, join', cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum, Greek zeugos). The suffix -yuka resembles Sanskrit -yuka and Latin -jugus in forming possessive compounds.

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

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