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dasapi

dasa

cardinal numeral + enclitic particle

1. dasa (card): ten (10)
2. dasa (adj): seeing; understanding
3. dasā (fem): fringe; border; edge
4. dasa (adj): with a fringe; tasselled; bordered; edged

Built from

• dasa — root · ten
  From PIE *dekm̥. Related to Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, Latin decem, English ten. The cardinal numeral base.
• api — prefix · also; even
  Enclitic particle adding emphasis or introducing an additional case. No certain PIE origin, but functions like a prefix in compounds to mean 'also' or 'even'.

Analysis. dasa (ten) + api (also, even) — 'ten also' or 'even ten', emphasizing the number or introducing an additional instance of ten.

Etymology. dasa is from PIE *dekm̥ (ten); cognates include Sanskrit daśa, Greek deka, Latin decem, English ten, German zehn. The form api is an enclitic particle meaning 'also; even', unrelated to dasa but used to add emphasis or introduce alternatives.

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

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