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tānipi

ta

pronoun, nominative/accusative neuter plural + enclitic particle

1. ta (pron): that
2. tāni (pron): they; those; those things
3. tāni (pron): they; those; those things

Built from

• tā — root · that
  Demonstrative pronoun stem from IE *to-, showing the neuter plural form. Cognate with English 'the', German 'das', Latin 'tu-' (tu-us 'your').
• ni — ending · neuter plural nominative/accusative
  Marks the neuter plural nominative and accusative case of the demonstrative.
• pi — prefix · even, also, and
  Enclitic particle of emphasis and conjunction, akin to Greek -pe and Latin -que. Highlights or links the noun phrase.

Analysis. tāni (neuter plural of ta 'that') + api ('even', 'also') — 'those very things', 'and even those'. The enclitic api emphasizes or adds the pronoun.

Etymology. ta is the demonstrative pronoun from Indo-European *to- (cognate with English 'the', German 'das', Latin 'tu-' in tu-us). The -ni ending marks neuter plural accusative. api is an enclitic from Indo-European *-pe or *-bhe, a particle of emphasis and conjunction, akin to Greek -pe and Latin -que ('and').

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

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