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tañca

ta

nominative or accusative singular + conjunction (sandhi form)

1. ta (pron): that
2. ta (letter): (gram) letter t; 24th letter of the alphabet; dental sibilant
3. tañca (sandhi): and that
4. tañca (sandhi): but that
5. taṃ (pron): it; that
6. taṃ (pron): him; her; one; that person; that thing
7. taṃ (pron): you (object)
8. tumha (pron): you
9. …

Built from

• ta — root · that (one)
  The stem of the demonstrative pronoun, from IE *to-. Functions as a pronoun replacing a noun; here in the accusative, governed by a transitive verb or preposition.
• ca — ending · and, also
  The postpositive conjunction 'and' (enclitic). In sandhi, the initial velar -c- of ca triggers the -ṃ of taṃ to assimilate into the palatal nasal -ñ-, yielding tañ-ca.

Analysis. taṃ (accusative singular of ta, 'that') + ca (conjunction 'and'); the final -ṃ drops before ca, leaving tañ; the -ñ- is the palatal nasal arising from the dental nasal + the velar stop of ca in sandhi.

Etymology. ta is the demonstrative pronoun from Indo-European *to- (cognate with Latin is, English the, Greek to); ca 'and' is cognate with Latin que, Sanskrit ca, and the conjunction 'and' across Indo-European languages.

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

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