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tamete

tameta

accusative masculine singular of tameta (demonstrative pronoun), or nominative/accusative neuter plural

  1. that (thing)
  2. those (things)
  3. it

Analysis. tam (accusative singular of ta "that") + ete (nominative/accusative neuter plural of eta "this"); the form conflates or coordinates two demonstrative roots, creating an emphatic or compound deictic sense

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

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