སེམས

Tibetan

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sam ~ sem-s (“breath, spirit, mind”).

Pronunciation 1

• Old Tibetan: /*sems/
• Lhasa: /sam˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*sems/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sam^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sam˥˨/

Verb

སེམས • (sems) (nominal form སེམས་པ)

1. (transitive) to think, to consider
2. (transitive) to fancy, to imagine

Conjugation

Conjugation of སེམས

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	སེམས	sems
Future	བསམ	bsam
Past	བསམས སེམས	bsams sems
Imperative	སོམས སོམ	soms som

Pronunciation 2

• Old Tibetan: /*sems/
• Lhasa: /sem˥˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*sems/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: sem^h
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /sem˥˨/

Noun

སེམས • (sems)

1. mind, mental activity, spirit

Derived terms

• སེམས་ཤོར (sems shor, “fall in love”)