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maññe
mañña
masc acc pl of mañña (noun); masc loc sg of mañña (noun); reflx pr 1st sg of maññati (verb); reflx imp 1st sg of maññati (verb); …
- mañña (masc): thought; conception; imagination
- maññati (pr): thinks; imagines; conceives; presumes; supposes
- maññati (pr): knows; is convinced; is sure
- maññati (pr): considers (to be); takes as; regards as; views as; deems as
- maññe (ind): methinks; one might say; you'd think; as it were
Built from
- man — root · think, conceive
The root √man carries the basic sense of mental activity and intention. It appears in cognates across Indo-European: Sanskrit manyate, Latin mens and meditari, English mind and man (as a thinking being), German Mensch.
- ñ — stem · thematic extension
A thematic formant extending the root for conjugation; -ñ- links root to personal endings.
- e — ending · 1st singular reflexive present
The middle voice or reflexive ending -e in first person singular marks introspective or self-directed thinking in the present indicative.
Etymology. Root √man, 'to think': cognate with Sanskrit manyate, Latin mens 'mind', English man (one who thinks), German Mensch. The reflexive middle voice -e ending suggests introspection or self-directed thought. Akin to Latin meditari and Greek μένος (menos, 'spirit, intent').