epsā-ñi

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Meaning:	“to cover”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	aip-
Lexeme variants:	epsā-ñi; epsā-ñ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Pronoun suffix:	first
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	epā
2
3	epsā-ñi			epsāt

Lexeme family

• ep-
  • ep- “to cover” gv
    • ep- “to cover” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	epā
      3	epsā-ñi	epsāt

      • epu “to cover” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	epu, epunt	epunt	epunt	epunt
        acc	epunt	epunt	epunt	epunt

Occurrences

epsā-ñ

1

A 221 a1

; trik pältsäk ;

epsā-ñ

aśäṃ ; ākntsune :