(Tibetan: སེམས་པ་ sempa) Translated as ‘being’. Thought/intention can also be involved. It literally means “to think, intend, have in mind, etc.” depending on context.
It comes from:
- སེམས (sem) — mind, thought, intention, consciousness, mental attitude
- པ (pa) — a suffix that can form a noun referring to someone characterized by or engaged in something