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imañca

ima

pronoun; nominative/accusative singular with enclitic ca (sandhi form imañca = imaṃ + ca)

1. ima (pron): this
2. imañca (sandhi): and this
3. imaṃ (pron): this; this person; this thing

Built from

• ima — root · this (proximal)
  The demonstrative root, pointing to nearness. Cognate with Sanskrit idam, English it/this from PIE *i-.
• ṃ — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the object case; -ṃ nasalizes before ca- to -ñ by sandhi.
• ca — ending · and (enclitic)
  Enclitic conjunction joining clauses or noun phrases; triggers sandhi assimilation of preceding final -ṃ to -ñ.

Analysis. imaṃ (accusative singular of ima, 'this') + ca (enclitic conjunction, 'and'); sandhi rules assimilate -ṃ before c- to -ñ-, giving imañca 'and this'.

Etymology. ima is the proximal demonstrative pronoun, cognate with Sanskrit idam 'this' and English -i- in 'it', 'this' (from PIE *i-, the basic deictic stem). The root sense is deixis—pointing to what is near the speaker in space or discourse.

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

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