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samanuyuñjiyamāno

samanuyuñjiyamāna

masc nom sg of samanuyuñjiyamāna (prp)

1. being cross-questioned; being cross-examined (by someone about something); lit. being engaged (in questioning)

Built from

• sam — prefix · together, completely
  Brings things into one unified whole; works like Latin con-.
• anu — prefix · along, following
  Trails behind, follows the track; images a continuous pursuit along a line.
• yuj — root · join, engage, yoke
  Cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum. The concrete image is yoking animals or things together.
• ī — ending · passive voice
  Marks the voice as passive in Pali present-stem formation.
• ya — ending · passive suffix
  Forms the passive participle stem, indicating the subject undergoes the action.
• mā — stem · participle marker
  Connects the root to the participial inflection.
• na — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Agrees with a masculine singular subject in the nominative case.

Analysis. sam- (together, completely) + anu- (along, following) + yuj- (join, engage) + -i- (passive voice marker) + -ya- (passive suffix) + -mā- (participle stem) + -na (nominative singular masculine ending). The word expresses the sense of being brought together and engaged in questioning along a course of inquiry.

Etymology. From sam- (together) + anu- (following) + √yuj (join, yoke, engage; cognate with English yoke, Latin iugum). The prefix sam- brings things into one; anu- follows a track. Together they image the questioning as a complete, thorough pursuit.

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

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