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kesamassuṁ
kesамassu
accusative dual masculine of kesамassu (a dvandva compound noun)
- hair and beard
- facial hair
Built from
- kesa — root · hair
From PIE *kes- (to comb, to pluck). Sanskrit keśa, Greek κείρω (keirō, to shear). The word originally denoted hair that could be combed or shorn.
- massu — root · beard
From PIE *mens- (to think, to project). Sanskrit mūṣṭi through semantic extension; more directly related to growth and projection. A word for what grows out and stands forth from the face.
- -ṁ — ending · accusative dual
The dual accusative ending -ṁ marks both kesa and massu as a pair of objects in the accusative case, typical of dvandva compounds referring to naturally paired entities.
Analysis. kesamassuṁ = kesa (hair of the head) + massu (beard), a dvandva compound in dual accusative form. The dual indicates the two components treated as a natural pair.