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mantessāmi

manteti

fut 1st sg of manteti (verb)

1. advises; consults; counsels (with)
2. considers; thinks over; is of the opinion
3. discusses; deliberates; confers (with)
4. chats; talks; converses

Built from

• mant — root · think, counsel
  The root √mant (to think, consider, counsel) reflects Indo-European *men-. Cognates: Sanskrit mantrayate (to counsel), Latin mens (mind), English mental, German Mensch (person). The concrete sense is internal deliberation; extended to advising others.
• e — stem · present stem
  The present tense stem formant, creating the thematic verb class.
• ssa — ending · future tense marker
  The future tense suffix; -ssa- indicates a future-tense form.
• mi — ending · 1st singular
  Primary ending marking 1st person singular in the future tense.

Etymology. From √mant, meaning to think, consider, or counsel. The root appears in Sanskrit mantrayate (to counsel, deliberate) and is related to Latin mens (mind) and English mental, all descending from Indo-European *men- (to think, remember). The sense moved from internal cognition to external discourse: thinking leads to speaking.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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