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kāmātipi

indeclinable particle; sandhi contraction of kāma + api

1. even if desired
2. even willing
3. willingly or not

Built from

• kāma — root · desire, will
  From √kam 'to desire'; cognate with Sanskrit kāma and Latin camare.
• atipi — ending · even, if
  The particle api means 'even, also, if'; here part of a frozen idiomatic form emphasizing lack of choice.

Analysis. kāma (desire, will) + api (even, if)—literally 'even if one desires' or 'desire + even', expressing inevitability regardless of preference

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

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