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catunnaṁ

genitive plural of cattu (four)

1. of four
2. belonging to four

Built from

• catu — root · four
  PIE *kʷetwer-, expressing the number four. Same root as English 'four', Latin 'quattuor'.
• -nnaṁ — ending · genitive plural
  Marks genitive case (possession/relation) and plural number; here used attributively or predicatively to modify a noun.

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwer- "four"; cognates include English "four", Latin "quattuor", Sanskrit "catvāra". The genitive plural ending -nnaṁ marks possession and plurality.

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

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