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yāyaṁ

yā

3rd person singular feminine present indicative of yāti (surface form yāyaṁ with sandhi: yā + ayaṁ)

1. goes
2. travels
3. proceeds

Built from

• yā — root · goes
  Root of motion; cognate with Latin ire, Sanskrit yāti, all from IE *ei̯-.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Present indicative singular, marking 3rd person and the timeless present tense in Pali.

Analysis. yāyaṁ is the 3rd person singular feminine present indicative (yā-ti) followed by the feminine nominative singular pronoun ayaṁ 'she', contracted through sandhi: yā + ayaṁ > yāyaṁ. The analysis shows motion: 'she goes' or as a single word 'goes/is going (she)'.

Etymology. √yā, cognate with Sanskrit yāti and Latin īre (to go), all from the Indo-European root *ei̯- (to move, go). The sense is simply motion or travel from place to place.

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

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