maimtsa

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Meaning:	“thought, thinking”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	mem
Lexeme variants:	maimtsa; maimtsā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
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

maimtsa

1	PK AS 7H a1	(mä)a1(skenträ) ; (śl=) (ā)knātsa(ññe)	m(ai)mtsa	trikseṃ ; duśśīläññe (ya)maskeṃ
2	PK AS 17C b5	spor(tt)otär {1} kreṃt ceṃ	maimtsa	peparkoṣ ; mā ceṃ
3	THT 130 b1	/// b1 /// ññ·	maimtsa	a /// b2 ///
4	THT 402 a1	a1 ///	maimtsa	: kä·i /// a2
5	THT 3281 b2	/// b2 /// –	maimtsa	knātsai : rerin· ///

maimtsā

1	THT 240 a3	wäntre aiśeñca • klyomoṃ	maimtsā	ṣäñ yäkne rämer cewäś
2	THT 295 b7	b7 (3) ṣäññäññeṣṣe ;	maimtsā	ñi ; po añmsa