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tatiyo

tatiya

masc nom sg of tatiya (ordin); masc nom sg of tatiya (noun); masc nom sg of tatiya (adj)

1. third (3rd)
2. (gram) third consonant of each vagga; g, j, ḍ, d, b
3. true, real

Built from

• ta — root · that
  Demonstrative stem marking the object as a reference point. Cognate with English that, Latin iste, Greek to.
• tiya — ending · ordinal suffix
  Forms ordinal numbers by attaching to the demonstrative base. The -ti- marks position or rank, and -ya adjectivizes it; similar formation to Sanskrit -tīya.

Etymology. From the demonstrative root ta- (that), with the ordinal suffix -tiya: cognate with Sanskrit tatīya. The ordinal sense derives from the base ta-, which tracks back to Proto-Indo-European *to- (that, the one yonder); compare English that, Latin is-te (this), Greek to (the). The -tiya suffix (-ti- + -ya) marks rank or position in a sequence.

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

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