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saṅkappotipi

saṅkappo

nominative singular masculine; appears here in a compound or sandhi form with -tipi (emphatic particle)

1. thought, intention
2. plan, resolve
3. discursive thinking

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Brings elements into a unified whole; here, thoughts collected into intention.
• kapp — root · fit, arrange
  Concrete sense: to fit pieces together; abstract: to arrange thoughts, form intention.
• o — ending · masculine nominative
  Standard masculine -o ending for nominative singular.
• tipi — prefix · emphatic even
  Particle emphasizing the preceding word ('even this very thing'); not itself inflected here.

Analysis. saṅkappo (thought) + tipi (emphatic: 'even', 'even just'). The surface form saṅkappotipi = 'even just a thought/intention', emphasizing the bare arising of thought without action.

Etymology. saṅ (sam, 'together') + √kapp (to arrange, fit, seem proper). The prefix sam- ('placing together') applied to √kapp ('to fit, arrange') yields the sense of thoughts brought together, mental arrangement; related to Sanskrit kalpayati 'arranges, fashions'. The word often appears in contexts of right vs. wrong intention in the Noble Eightfold Path.

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

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