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ayampi
aya
masc./neut. nominative singular demonstrative pronoun + enclitic particle, contracted by sandhi
- aya (masc): good luck; good fortune
- aya (adj): coming; going
- aya (masc): way
- aya (masc): reason, source
- aya (nt): iron
- ayampi (sandhi): one too; this too
- ayas (masc): iron
- ayaṃ (pron): this; this person; this thing
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- aya — root · this
Cognate with Latin is- (id 'it', iste 'that'), Greek ho (article 'the'), and Sanskrit iyam. The proximal demonstrative stem *i- branches into forms like ayaṃ (with an extended stem vowel).
- m — ending · nominative masculine/neuter singular
The -m ending marks nominative case here; it is often dropped before vowels in sandhi.
- api — prefix · also, even, too
Enclitic particle reinforcing or adding emphasis; cognate with Sanskrit api. No prefix sense of motion, but rather an additive sense: 'this one *also*.
Analysis. ayaṃ (demonstrative pronoun 'this') + api (enclitic particle 'also, even, too') — the final -m of ayaṃ elides before the vowel of api, leaving ayampi.