imassu

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Meaning:	“mindful, aware, judicious”; “cautious, prudent”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	imassu; ymassu; īmassu; ymässu; ymasu; imasu
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ont
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oñc

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	imassu
voc
acc	imassont
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• īme “consciousness, awareness” “mindfulness” “thought” “memory, recollection” m

  	sg
  nom	īme
  acc	īme
  gen	imentse
  perl	imesa

  • imeṣṣe “pertaining to thought/consciousness”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
    nom	imeṣṣe	imeṣṣa	imeṣṣana
    acc	imeṣṣe		imeṣṣana

  • imassu “mindful, aware, judicious” “cautious, prudent”

    	sg.m
    nom	imassu
    acc	imassont

Occurrences

ymässu

1

THT 122 a6

ṣ·e /// a6 ///

ymässu

yaṃ ypaunane yo ///

ymassu

1	THT 559.2 a2	• śmaśānikentse ṣamāneṃtse ṣekaṃa2ñe	ymassu	mäskelle aikemane nesalñetse po
2	THT 559.2 a4	(lā)re yamaṣäa4lle śwātsi yoktsine	ymassu	mäskelle kuse mi·ai ·e

ymasu

1

THT 1111 b5

weṃ ṣamāne ṣaim prekṣab5le

ymasu

śäkṣapātä(nta) (cä)rkāsta – – – ·ai

īmassu

1

THT 215 b3

; /// 16σ b3

īmassu

: piś cmelaṣṣe ;

imassu

1	IOL Toch 271 b5	/// b5 /// (tā)koy	imassu	: śpālmeṃ aiśaumye epastye
2	IOL Toch 767 a2	– /// a2 ///	imassu	– /// a3 ///
3	PK NS 109 b5	6σ ṣe ; ṣek	imassu	: 30-3
4	THT 8 b7	; warästrä ; ṣ(e)k	imassu	; wawlāwau ; po
5	THT 290 a6	ṅkolmo ; yai ṣek	imassu	6 te keś tattārmeṃ

imasu

1	IOL Toch 307 b2	; ṣarm okone ;	imasu	; ṣek ñīś tākoym
2	PK NS 28 b1	; (ṣarm) (okone) ;	(imasu)	; (tā)k(o)ym (ñi)ś ṣ(ek)