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kameyyaṁ

kameti

1st person singular optative (potential mood) of kameti, with accusative neuter singular pronoun eyyaṁ (it) enclitic

1. might desire
2. would wish for
3. should want

Built from

• kam — root · desire, wish
  From PIE *kam- 'to desire' (related to Sanskrit kāma 'desire, love'); the root expresses longing or appetite.
• e — ending · 3rd person optative marker
  The optative suffix -e marks potential or conditional action; here combined with 1st person singular to express what one might wish.
• yya — ending · optative conditional
  Double marker -yya- reinforces the optative mood of possibility or hypothesis.
• ṁ — ending · accusative neuter enclitic
  The enclitic pronoun eyyaṁ (it, that thing) follows the verb and receives the main stress; marks the object of desire.

Analysis. kameti (to desire, wish) + eyyaṁ (it, accusative pronoun) as enclitic; the optative expresses what could or should happen in a conditional or hypothetical sense.

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

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