cl. 1. P. námati ([Dhātup. xxiii, 12]), °te (mostly intrans.; cf. [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 89]; pr. p. Ā. namāna, [R.]; pf. P. nānāma or nanāma, [RV.] &c.; 2. sg. nemitha, or nanantha, [Vop.]; Subj. nanámas, [RV.]; 3. pl. nemur, [Kāv.]; Ā. neme, [RV.]; 3. pl. -nanāmire, [MBh.]; aor. P. anān, [Kāṭh.]; anaṃsīt, [Daś.]; Ā. anaṃsta Gr.; 3. pl. anaṃsata, [Br.]; Subj. naṃsai, naṃsante, [RV.]; fut. naṃsyati, [Br.]; namiṣyati, [Hariv.]; nantā, [Siddh.]; inf. -námam, -náme, [RV.]; nantum, namitum, [Kāv.]; ind.p. natvā, [BhP.]; [Kathās.]; -natya, [Br.]; -namya, [MBh.]) to bend or bow (either trans. or oftener intr.), to bow to, subject or submit one's self (with gen. dat. or acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; (with hiruk) to turn away, keep aside, [AV. iv, 1, 3]; to turn towards i.e. to aim at (gen.) with (instr.), [RV. i, 165, 6]; to yield or give way, keep quiet or be silent, [Bālar. vi, 12]; (in gram.) to change a dental letter into a cerebral, [RPrāt.] : Pass. namyate, to be bent or bowed; yield or submit to, [TUp. iii, 10, 4] : Caus. namáyati, [RV.] &c. &c. (nāmayati, [Up.] &c.; nāmyati [!] [Mṛcch. i, 30]; aor. anīnamat, [RV.]; Pass. nāmyate, °ti, [MBh.] &c.) to cause to bow or sink, incline, [RV.] &c. &c.; (with cāpam) to bend a bow, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.; to turn away or ward off, [RV.]; to aim at (gen.), [ix, 97, 15]; (in gram.) to change a dental letter into a cerebral, [RPrāt.] : Desid. ninaṃsati, Gr. : Intens. nánnamīti, [RV.]; nannamyate, [KātyŚr.] (3. sg. námnate impf. anamnata, p. námamāna, [RV.]) to bow or submit one's self to (dat.), [RV.]; [Br.]
[cf. Zd. nam, nemaiti; Gk. νέμω, νέμος, νόμος; Lat. nemus; Goth., Old Sax., Angl.Sax. niman; HGerm. nëman, nëmen, nehmen.]