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tamenaṁ

tama

accusative singular masculine of tama (demonstrative pronoun); enclitic -naṁ variant

1. that one
2. him
3. it

Built from

• ta- — root · that, demonstrative
  Cognate with Latin iste, German das. The stem ta- marks the distal demonstrative ('that one over there', as opposed to imaṁ 'this one here').
• -m — ending · accusative singular
  Marks the object of a verb or preposition. In Pali, -aṁ is the usual form; -m appears after vowels (tam from ta + -m).
• -e- — ending · enclitic
  The segment -ena- is an enclitic variant of the accusative ending, used when the pronoun is attached to particles and other enclitic words.

Analysis. tam (accusative of ta, the demonstrative stem) + -enam (enclitic accusative ending, a variant form of -aṁ used after certain particles and in certain metrical contexts)

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

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