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sayaṁ

adverb (indeclinable)

1. oneself, by oneself
2. spontaneously, of one's own accord
3. personally, directly

Etymology. From the reflexive pronoun sa- (self) with the instrumental/adverbial ending -aṁ. Cognate with Sanskrit sva- and English self; the root sense is 'one's own'.

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

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