to be attached to, to be fond of, to cherish, tend, foster, love MN.i.260; SN.iii.190; Thag.1150; Snp.922 (mamāyetha); Mnd.125 (Bhagavantaṃ); Ja.iv.359 (= piyāyati C.); Mil.73 Vb-a.107 (mamāyatī ti mātā: in pop. etym. of mātā) Dhp-a.i.11; Snp-a.534; Mhvs.20, Mhvs.4
pp mamāyita.

Denom. fr. mama, cp. Sk. mamāyate in same meaning (not with Böhtlingk & Roth: envy) at MBh; xii.8051 and Aṣṭas Prajñā Pāramitā 254