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nesohamasmi

sandhi contraction: na + eso + ahaṃ + asmi

1. this is not me; I am not this

Built from

• na — prefix · not
  Plain negation. Cognate: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• eso — stem · this
  Nominative masculine singular of eta (demonstrative pronoun). Proto-Indo-European *e-to-, related to Latin is, -a, -ud and English that.
• ahaṃ — stem · I
  Nominative singular first-person pronoun. Proto-Indo-European *eg(h)o-, cognate with English I, German ich, Latin ego.
• asmi — root · am
  1st person singular present of √as (to be). Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-, cognate with English is, Sanskrit asti, Greek esti.

Analysis. na (not) + eso (this, nominative masculine singular of eta) + ahaṃ (I, nominative singular) + asmi (I am, 1st person singular present of as), contracted by sandhi: na + eso → neso, then nesohamasmi.

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

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