maim

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Meaning:	“thought, thinking”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	mem
Lexeme variants:	maim; maimä
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	maim
voc
acc	maim
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	maimtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• maim “thought, thinking” msg

  	sg
  nom	maim
  acc	maim
  perl	maimtsa

  • maimantsäññe “thoughtfullness, absence of passion” msg

    	sg
    nom	maimantsäññe
    acc	maimantsäññe
    gen	maimantsäññentse

  • maimantse “skillful, learnèd, excellent”

    	sg.m
    nom	maimantse
    voc	maimañcu

Occurrences

maimä

1	PK AS 12B b3	; soy lāreṃ patärye	maimä	; yärpällesā ; pälskoṣṣe
2	THT 1216 b2	/// rk· nte täṅ	maimä	krentä : kra k·e

maim

1	IOL Toch 98 b5	b5 /// – t	maim	päl· /// b6 ///
2	IOL Toch 467 b2	arṣāklaṃ /// b2 ///	maim	pälskontse ///
3	PK AS 6C b3	mā päst arseṃ ;	maim	palsko cmelane eṃṣke 80-6
4	PK AS 15I b3	/// b3 yolo	maim	nraiṣṣūke /// b4
5	PK AS 16.3 b2	tne takāre amo(kämpa) (palsko)	(mai)m	: 1 ॥ ot
6	PK NS 35 b1	ksa lkā(tär) ; t(a)ñ	maim	klyomo l(a)l(a)ṃṣke /// b2
7	PK NS 54 a3	; mäktoṃ tne ;	maim	yāmormeṃ : bodhisātvi ;
8	THT 11 b5	; lwāsa cwi ;	maim	pälskone ; skwaññenträ ;
9	THT 27 a5	: nakäṃ ṣamāññeṣṣe ;	maim	pälskw ālyaucempa ; snai
10	THT 39 a3	/// a3 /// śp(ā)lmeṃ	maim	ne /// a4 ///
11	THT 41 a2	eneṅkaś pas;pārtau cwi ;	maim	palskw attsaik • sänmetsa
12	THT 82 a3	ksa lkātär ; tañ	maim	klyomo ; laa4(laṃṣke) 12σ
13	THT 206 a3	pernerñenta krau(pātai) (:) (yātäṣṣatai)	maim	pals(k)o /// a4 ///
14	THT 249.a a1	pernerñenta kraupāt(ai) : yātä(ṣ)ṣ(a)tai	maim	palsko /// a2 wakīce
15	THT 302 a4	p· /// a4 ///	maim	pals(k)o ·i /// b1
16	THT 394 a5	/// /// ñcepi :	maim	kärsormeṃ pū /// a6
17	THT 549 b5	wikäṣṣä b5 lyi :	maim	palsko astare yamaṣälle •
18	THT 549 b5	warñai yparwe yamaṣälyeṃ wäntarwa	maim	päls(k)o – –
19	THT 3272 a1	/// ññentsa • kos	maim	palsko – /// a2
20	THT 3601.e b1	– ruṃ wrocce :	maim	/// b2 /// –