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mayampi

ahaṃ

nominative plural pronoun (sandhi form mayampi = mayaṃ + api)

1. ahaṃ (pron): I
2. maya (adj): made of; constructed by; built of
3. mayampi (sandhi): we too
4. mayaṃ (pron): we
5. mayaṃ (pron): (royal plural) I; lit. we

Built from

• maya — stem · we (1st person plural nominative)
  The oblique stem of the first person plural pronoun ahaṃ. In nominative, this becomes mayaṃ before vowel sandhi occurs.
• pi — ending · too, also, even
  Enclitic particle api reduced to pi in sandhi position after mayaṃ. Emphasizes the preceding pronoun with 'even we' or 'we too'.

Analysis. mayaṃ (first person plural nominative of ahaṃ, 'we') + api (emphatic particle 'also, too, even'). The sandhi contraction mayampi shows the final ṃ of mayaṃ assimilating before the initial a of api.

Etymology. ahaṃ is the first person singular nominative pronoun, cognate with Sanskrit aham and the Indo-European root *eg- (English 'I', Latin 'ego', Greek 'ego'). The plural form mayaṃ is the inclusive 'we'; api is an enclitic particle meaning 'also' or 'even', from the Indo-European root *ap- (Latin 'apt', Greek 'apt').

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

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