Common Lexeme

timu

Keywords: geographic, directions, cardinal

Pronunciation (IPA): 'ti.mu 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: timu, timus 
Glosses: east, easterly, eastern, bear east 

Description:

The term 'timu' has the base meaning of 'east' as a place. It can be a modifying term in place names, as in 'Timu Asija', East Asia. Refer to attached article for more discussion of usage. As a modifier 'timus', it means eartern or moving easterly and can take an object in the nominative case which is the object to which the movement or position is relative. As a verb, it is a pali verb of state taking an absolutive mover meaning 'to bear east'. A noxaj benefactive form can be used to indicate a destination.

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