kāmat

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Meaning:	“to carry, take”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kāmā-
Lexeme variants:	kāmat
Person:	third
Number:	singular
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

kāmat

1	A 8 b1	āñcäm ; pāpekuräṣ ;	kāmat	lyu wram ; kälk
2	A 111 a3	/// (wo)täk säm täm	kāmat	yṣaṃ rpātsi kälk •
3	A 223 a2	a2 – – – s{†ä} kossi	kāmat	wāske /// a3 –
4	A 312 b7	ly(alyu)t(u) tām praṣt ;	kāmat	añcäl ; pyāppyāṣinā{ṃ} ;
5	A 402 b6	b6 /// (bodhi)satvānäṣ lek	kāmat	/// b7 /// ·äṃ
6	A 431 b4	/// b4 /// lāntac	kāmat	cam wäryo śkaṃ prasena
7	A 432 a1	a1 /// c	kāmat	prasenaji wäl śkaṃ cam
8	A 435 b2	säm waṣt lmo kuryaru	kā(ma)t	ā b3 /// (wa)ṣ(t)
9	THT 1477.b a3	a3 /// rwa śwātsi	kāmat	/// a4 /// tāka-ṃ