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ekena

eka

masc instr sg of eka (card); nt instr sg of eka (card); masc instr sg of eka (adj); nt instr sg of eka (adj); …

1. eka (card): one (1)
2. eka (adj): a; a certain; a single
3. eka (adj): alone; single; solitary
4. eka (adj): only
5. eka (adj): same; one and the same
6. eka (nt): one thing; single thing; a certain thing
7. ekena (card): by one; with one

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• eka — root · one
  The cardinal number and adjective meaning unity or singleness. Cognate with Latin ūnus, English one, Sanskrit éka, all descending from Proto-Indo-European *oinos. The concrete sense 'single, undivided' underlies its use for the number 1 and for uniqueness.

Etymology. From Indo-European *oinos, the ancestor of Latin ūnus, English one, and Sanskrit eka. The word expresses primary numeracy and unity across the oldest Indo-European languages.

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

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