kāmant

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Meaning:	“to carry, take”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kāmā-
Lexeme variants:	kāmant
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				kāmat, kāmat-ñi, kāmat-äṃ	kāmant

Lexeme family

• kāmā-
  • kāmā- “to carry, take” gv
    • kāmā- “to carry, take” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	kāmitär, kāmitr-äm	kāmantär

      • kāmal “to carry, take” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	kāmal

    • kāmā- “to carry, take” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	kāmat, kāmat-ñi, kāmat-äṃ	kāmant

    • kāmā- “to carry, take” gv.imp1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	pkāmār	pkāmāc, pkāmāc-ñi

Occurrences

kāmant

1	A 43 and 52 a5	rināmāṃ ; tām cindāma;ṇi	(kāmant)	10σ ; śpālmeṃ krant
2	A 220 b5	: 60-4 cam śkaṃ	kāmant	; tsalpar cem ;
3	YQ III.3 a4	/// (kule)wāñ sidārtheṃ kāts	kāmant	kulewāñ tatämṣānt-äṃ • kulewāñ