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idhekaccaṁ

idhekacca

adverb; contraction of idha + ekacca

1. here and there
2. in some places
3. at certain points

Built from

• idha — root · here
  Locative adverb from demonstrative stem *i-; cognate with English 'it' and Latin 'is'. The concrete sense of 'this place' grounds all usage.
• ekacca — stem · some, certain
  From eka 'one' + suffix -cca (distributive); literally 'one-ish' or 'a certain one', extended to mean 'some' or 'certain ones'. Used to denote selective or scattered instances.

Analysis. idha (here) + ekacca (some, certain) = 'at some places here'; a contraction fusing the locative sense of idha with the distributive force of ekacca to mean scattered or selective occurrences.

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

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