kareṣ

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Meaning:	“to laugh”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kery-
Lexeme variants:	kareṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	karyā, kareṣ	karyeñc

Lexeme family

• kary-
  • kary- “to laugh” gv
    • kary- “to laugh” gv.prs

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	karyā, kareṣ	karyeñc

      • karemāṃ “laughing” part.prs

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	karemāṃ	karemāṃ	karemāṃ	karemāṃ
        acc	karemāṃ	karemāṃ	karemāṃ	karemāṃ

      • karel “laughter” abstr.m.prs

        	sg
        nom	karel

        • karelṣi “laughing” prs

          	sg.f
          acc	karelṣināṃ

    • kary- “to laugh” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	karyaṣ	kareñc-m

Occurrences

kareṣ

1

A 265 b1

; kälnäṣṣ-äṃ /// b1

kareṣ

waṅka(tär) – – – ntu tosmaśśäl