eṃtsālune

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Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “seizing, capture”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	eṃtsālune; entsālune; eṃtsālne
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	eṃtsālune
voc
acc	eṃtsālune
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	eṃtsāluneyäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• eṃtsā-
  • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv
    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.prs8

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtsäsmār
      2	eṃtsäṣtār
      3	eṃtsäṣtär	eṃtssantär, eṃtssantr-äṃ

      • eṃtsṣant “seizing, taking, understanding” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	eṃtsṣant	eṃtsṣant

      • eṃtsäsmāṃ “to seize, take, understand” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ
        acc	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ	eṃtsäsmāṃ

      • etsṣäl “to be seized, taken, understood” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	etsṣäl

      • eṃtsässi “to seize, take, understand” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	eṃtsässi
        acc	eṃtsässi

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtsmār, eṃtsmār-äṃ
      2	eṃtstār
      3	eṃtsitär, eṃtsitär-ñi, entsatär	entsintär, entsantär

      • eṃtsālune “seizing, capture” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	eṃtsālune
        acc	eṃtsālune
        abl	eṃtsāluneyäṣ

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.pret1/3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṃtse
      2	entsāte
      3	eṃtsāt, entse-ṃ, eṃtsāt-äṃ	entsānt

      • eṃtsu “to seize, take, understand” part.pret1/3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṃtsu, entsunt	eṃtsus, entsunt	entsuṣ, entsunt	entsunt
        acc	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt	entsunt

        • eṃtsur “having seized” abstr.pret1/3

          	sg
          nom	eṃtsur
          acc	eṃtsur
          abl	eṃtsuräṣ

    • eṃts- “to seize, take, understand” gv.imp1/3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	peṃtsār	pentsāc, pentsāc-äṃ

  • eṃts- uncertain kaus
    • eṃts- uncertain kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      3	entsṣiṣ

Occurrences

eṃtsālune

1	A 307 a4	puk praṣtaṃ imeyo prāwat	eṃtsālune	śtärt ṣurm 4 a5
2	A 395 a3	sāket {ri}yac yeñc priyadattes	eṃtsālune	prasenaji a4 lāntac wālune

entsālune

1	A 424 a1	(ādānaṃ) (pratiniḥs)ṛjy(a) – •	entsālune	– /// a2
2	THT 1639.a b2	b2 /// – – kä	entsālune	/// b3 /// mā