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midhekacce

sandhi contraction

1. some here

Built from

• m — prefix · euphonic buffer
  A sandhi-induced consonant placed before the vowel to ease pronunciation in rapid connected speech.
• idha — root · here, in this place
  Locative particle from PIE *i-dhe. Cognate with English there (historical thy- from this place) and Latin ibi (there).
• eka — root · one, single
  From PIE *oik-o- (one). Cognate with English one, German ein, Latin unus.
• cce — ending · some, a portion of
  Suffix forming collective or partitive sense; here meaning 'some, a certain amount or group' of the referent.

Analysis. Contracted form of idha + ekacce (here + some/a certain portion), with the initial vowel of idha elided and m prefixed as a euphonic buffer. The m- is a sandhi phenomenon common before vowels in rapid speech.

Etymology. idha from Proto-Indo-European *i-dhe (here, this place; compare English there, Latin ibi); ekacce from eka (one) + acce (portion, part), ultimately from PIE *oiko- (one, single).

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

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