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mayaṁ

aham

1st person plural nominative pronoun

1. we
2. us (nominative form)

Etymology. Cognate with Sanskrit aham, English 'I', Latin 'ego', Greek 'egō'. The plural nominative mayaṁ derives from the stem may- (cf. Sanskrit vayam 'we').

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

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