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ekaccaṁ

ekacca

accusative singular neuter of ekacca (adjective)

1. some
2. a certain
3. one or another

Built from

• eka — root · one
  From PIE *oikos. The concrete sense of unity (a single thing) extends to the indefinite 'some particular one' or 'a certain'.
• acca — ending · suffix
  Indefinite suffix attaching to numbers and pronouns to form distributive or indefinite adjectives; here combined with eka to mean 'some one' or 'a certain'.

Analysis. eka- (one) + acca (suffix forming indefinite adjectives); literally 'one-sort', hence 'some' or 'a certain one'.

Etymology. From eka (one, from PIE *oikos 'one') with the indefinite suffix -acca. Related to English 'one' and Latin 'unus'.

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

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