imentse

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Meaning:	“consciousness, awareness”; “mindfulness”; “thought”; “memory, recollection”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ime
Lexeme variants:	imentse; ymentse
Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	īme
voc
acc	īme
gen	imentse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	imesa
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

ymentse

1	IOL Toch 15 b3	ṣpantäṣälona • mäntrākka śtwāra	ymentse	śmoñaṃ waräskeb4(mane) /// ॥
2	SI P 1 a1	; peṣpiṃtu • täryā-ykne	ymentse	; śmoñaṣṣe{ṃ} māñ(ye) ;
3	THT 10 b8	pal(sk)o ; taläṣṣäṃ śtwāra	ymentse	śmoññaṃ(ne) ///

imentse

1	IOL Toch 4 a3	(postäṃ) /// ompostäṃ palkalyñe	imentse	śmoñña • ce pelaiknentane
2	IOL Toch 4 a3	pelaiknentane pelaikne omṣostäṃ palkalyñe	imentse	śmoññaisa • śtwāra klyo°
3	IOL Toch 9 a3	/// a3 /// śtwāra	imentse	śmoññanne pälsko /// a4
4	IOL Toch 77 a6	a6 /// (smṛtyu)pas(th)ānāni •	imentse	/// a7 /// –
5	IOL Toch 110 b3	l· – mä(n)trā(kka) śtwāra	imentse	śmo(ññaṃ) /// b4 eṅkältsa
6	THT 1561.f a2	n· /// a2 ///	imentse	/// a3 /// –