Neti (nayati) [Vedic nayati, nī] to lead, guide, conduct; to take, carry (away); fig. to draw a conclusion, to understand, to take as Dh 80, 145, 240, 257; Ji.228; iv.241 (nayaŋ n. to draw a proper conclusion); VvA 42 (narati=nayati); imper. naya Pv ii.113, & nehi J ii.160; PvA 147; poetic imper. nayāhi see in paṭi˚; pot. naye Dh 256 (to lead a cause=vinicchineyya DhA iii.381). fut. nessāmi J ii.159; Pv ii.45; aor. nayi J iv.137. ger. netvā PvA 5, 6, etc. inf. netuŋPvA 123, 145 (˚kāma), & netave J i.79=Dh 180. grd. neyya (see sep.), pp. nīta. Pass. nīyati (q. v.). Cp. naya, nīti, netta etc.; also ā˚, upa˚, paṭi˚, vi˚.