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me

ahaṃ

1st acc sg of ahaṃ (pron); 1st instr sg of ahaṃ (pron); 1st dat sg of ahaṃ (pron); 1st gen sg of ahaṃ (pron); …

1. ahaṃ (pron): I
2. ma (ve): (gram) ma; verbal ending of the present tense 1st person plural
3. ma (letter): (gram) letter m; 31st letter of the alphabet; nasal consonant
4. mā (fem): moon
5. mā (root): (gram) √mā (measure)
6. mi (ve): (gram) mi; verbal ending of the present tense 1st person singular
7. me (pron): myself; me (object)
8. me (pron): by me
9. …

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *eg̑H- ('I'), cognate with Sanskrit aham, Latin ego, Greek egō (ἐγώ), English I. The oblique stem me- appears in accusative, instrumental, dative, and genitive forms, deriving from PIE *me- (me, myself); compare Latin mē, Greek me (με), English me.

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

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