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attadutiyo

attadutiya

masc nom sg of attadutiya (adj)

1. with a companion; lit. self second

Built from

• atta — root · self, reflexive
  The reflexive pronoun atta derives ultimately from √as 'to be'; cognate with Latin esse and English is. It refers to oneself as the subject of the clause.
• dutiya — stem · second, ordinal
  From dvi (two) plus -ya suffix forming ordinals; cognate with Sanskrit dvi, Greek dyo, Latin duo, English two. Designates the ordinal position second in a sequence.

Analysis. atta (self, reflexive pronoun) + dutiya (second, ordinal number); the compound expresses 'having oneself as a second,' i.e. accompanied by one other person.

Etymology. atta is the reflexive pronoun from the root √as (to be); dutiya is the ordinal form from dvi (two), cognate with Sanskrit dvi, Greek dyo, Latin duo, English two. The compound employs the common Pali pattern of expressing accompaniment through 'being accompanied by another self' or second person.

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

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