Dear Yong Peng,
op 20-07-2003 16:38 schreef Ong Yong Peng op ypong001@...:

tappaccayaa=tad+paccayaa [see Duroiselle Ch.3/§65]

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> 1. What does tad mean?

N: demonstrative neutre , meaning <that>, can be nom. or accusative.
Y: 2. Can we take paccayaa instead of paccaya to be part of the original

> sandhi? paccayaa (abl.) caused by, by reason of, by means of [see PED
> paccaya]

N: Yes, I think so. They are together as one word and the second one takes
the abl ending.
I agree that it is still not clear why there is the neutre tad here.
Nina.