temeti : [tim + e] makes wet; moistens.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Temeti [cp. Divy 285 tīmayati; Caus. of tim to moisten. There is an ancient confusion between the roots tim, tamas, etc. (to be dark), tim, temeti (to be wet), and stim to be motionless. Cp. tintiṇāyati, tinta, tibba (=tamas), timira] to make wet, to moisten Vin i.47 (temetabba); ii.209 (temetvā); DhA i.220, 394 (id.); J i.88≈KhA 164; J ii.325 (temento); PvA 46 (sutemitvā for temetvā).

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