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idhekacce

idhekacca

masc nom pl of idhekacca (pron); nt nom pl of idhekacca (pron); masc acc pl of idhekacca (pron); nt acc pl of idhekacca (pron)

1. here one; here a certain; in this case some; some people here

Built from

• idha — root · here
  Adverb of place from PIE *id- (this). Concrete sense: 'in this spot' remains as the primary meaning in all contexts.
• eka — root · one
  Cardinal number from PIE *oino-, cognate with Latin unus, English one. Concrete sense: a single unit or person.
• -cca — ending · indefinite pronoun suffix
  Forms indefinite pronouns meaning 'some, a certain'. Found in compounds like yathecacca (as some) and attaches to numerals to create generalizing sense.

Analysis. Compound of idha (here, in this place) + ekacca (some, a certain one, from eka- one + -acca suffix forming indefinite pronouns). Idha points to location; ekacca generalizes to 'one or another of this group'. The compound means 'one or another in this place' or 'some among those here'.

Etymology. idha from PIE *id- (this, that; cognate with English this, that); ekacca from eka (one) + -acca, suffix parallel to Sanskrit -ika. eka is cognate with Latin unus (one), English one, Greek oinos (wine, originally 'the one drink').

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

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