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attātievametaṁ

attāti

3rd person singular present indicative of attāti (nominalized form attātievametaṁ = attāti + eva + metaṁ, 'this is precisely self', demonstrating contraction in sandhi)

1. is self
2. belongs to oneself
3. is one's own

Built from

• attā — root · self, soul
  Reflexive pronoun emphasizing one's own essence or identity; spatial imagery of turning inward toward oneself.
• ti — ending · is
  3rd person singular present indicative of the copula; marks assertion of a present state or identity.

Analysis. attāti = attā (self, soul) + ti (he/she/it is); the full phrase attātievametaṁ contracts attāti + eva (precisely, just) + metaṁ (this, neuter accusative of idam), meaning 'this is precisely oneself' or 'this is just the self'. The contraction shows coalescence of final -i and initial e- of eva into -ie-.

Etymology. attā is from Proto-Indo-European *swe-tlo- (one's own), cognate with Sanskrit ātman, Latin se (reflexive), English self. The verb ti is the copula 'to be', from PIE *h₁es- (be), cognate with Sanskrit asti, Greek esti, English is.

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

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