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tayome

sandhi contraction of tayo + ime

1. these three

Built from

• tayo — stem · three
  Nominative plural of tī/tayo. Root √tray cognate with Latin tres, English three (PIE *trei-). Shares the morpheme with Sanskrit traya.
• ime — stem · these (m. nom. pl.)
  Demonstrative pronoun, nominative plural masculine form of idam (this). The root i- is the proximal demonstrative (PIE *i-), cognate with Latin is and English this.

Analysis. tayo (three, nominative plural) + ime (these, nominative plural masculine) — a compound demonstrative phrase emphasizing the three referents.

Etymology. tayo from √tray (Sanskrit traya, Latin tres, English three); ime from Pali/Sanskrit idam (this). Both Indo-European roots: √tray belongs to PIE *trei-, and idam to *i- (proximal demonstrative).

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

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