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mayhampi

ahaṃ

pronoun, genitive/locative singular + api

1. ahaṃ (pron): I
2. mayha (pron): to me; for me
3. mayha (pron): my; mine; of me
4. mayhaṃ (pron): to me; for me
5. mayhaṃ (pron): my; mine

Built from

• mayhaṃ — stem · to/for me
  Oblique case form of the first-person pronoun ahaṃ; genitive or locative singular. Related to Sanskrit mahyam.
• api — prefix · even, also
  Emphatic particle that adds force to the preceding word, meaning 'even' or 'too'. Cognate with Sanskrit api.

Analysis. mayhaṃ + api: mayhaṃ is the genitive singular 'of me' or locative 'to/for me' (strengthened form of mayha); api is 'even, also', here adding emphasis: 'even of me' or 'to me too'.

Etymology. ahaṃ is an ancient first-person pronoun, cognate with Sanskrit aham, Greek ego, Latin ego, English 'I'. The oblique stem may- derives from a zero-grade of the same root. The particle api (from *apd- 'to, toward') adds emphatic force; compare Sanskrit api.

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

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