Dear friends,

please help me with this question:

In Pali Primer Lesson 1, we are introduced to the words

manussa -- man, human being
nara/purisa - man, person

I have also looked up the PTS dictionary but still have some doubts.

1. Do we use purisa for the masculine gender?

2. Is there a preference, in the Tipitaka, for
man/person (singular) -- naro over puriso/manusso
men/people (plural) -- manussaa over naraa/purisaa

Thank you.

Yong Peng.