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atikkantamānusakena
atikkantamānusaka
masc instr sg of atikkantamānusaka (adj); nt instr sg of atikkantamānusaka (adj)
- surpassing normal human ability; superhuman; lit. surpassed human
Built from
- ati — prefix · beyond, over
Prefix meaning excess, going past the mark; from concrete spatial sense 'over'. Cognates: Greek eti 'still, besides', Latin et 'and'.
- kam — root · go
To move or traverse; the spatial image of motion beyond becomes the metaphor of transcendence when prefixed with ati-.
- ta — ending · past participle
Perfect passive participle ending, forming atikkanta 'surpassed, transcended' from atikkamati.
- mānusa — root · human, human being
From Indo-European *men- 'mind, think'; cognates include English man, German Mann, Latin mens 'mind'. The root encodes the human as the thinking being.
- ka — ending · adjective formative
Diminutive or relational suffix making mānusaka an adjective 'of human' or 'human(-like)'.
- ena — ending · instrumental singular
Neuter or masculine instrumental singular case ending, showing the agent or means by which the action occurs in the sentence.
Analysis. atikkanta- (past participle of atikkamati, 'surpassed, transcended') + mānusaka (adj 'human', from mānusa 'human being'). The compound describes what transcends or goes beyond the human sphere.
Etymology. atikkanta is a past participle of ati- ('over, beyond') + √kam ('go'), cognate with Latin trans- and Greek hyper-. The spatial sense of ati- ('past the mark, excess') shapes the metaphorical meaning 'transcend'. Mānusaka derives from mānusa, 'human being', itself from manu- ('man, mankind'), ultimately from Indo-European *men- ('mind, think'), which also yields English man, German Mann, and Latin mens.