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tāpi
ta
pronoun + particle (tā + api)
- ta (pron): that
- ta (letter): (gram) letter t; 24th letter of the alphabet; dental sibilant
- tā (pron): they; those (females)
- tā (pron): those; them (females)
- tā (suffix): (gram) state of; idea of; notion of; fact of
Built from
- tā — root · those (feminine plural)
Stem of the demonstrative pronoun ta; Sanskrit tā, Greek τά (tá) from Indo-European *to-, *ta- 'that, the' — the same root as English 'the' and German 'der'. Marks objects or persons already introduced or contextually present.
- api — root · also, even, and yet
Pali particle (< Sanskrit api) meaning 'also' or 'even', often emphatic or adversative. Related to Sanskrit upa 'near' and possibly cognate with English 'up'. Frequently marks an unexpected or concessive twist: even so, yet, still.
Analysis. tā (feminine nominative plural of ta, 'those') + api ('also, even'); used as an emphatic conjunction introducing a concessive or additive clause, often untranslatable in English but conveying 'and yet', 'still', or 'even so'.