keñā

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Meaning:	“to call”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	keñā

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1-2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				kenmār
2	kenät, kenät-ñi
3	keñā, kenäṣ	keneñc, keneñc-äṃ		kentär	kenantär

Lexeme family

ken-
- ken- “to call” gv
  - ken- “to call” gv.prs1/2
    
    sg.act pl.act sg.mid pl.mid
    
    1 kenmār
    
    2 kenät, kenät-ñi
    
    3 keñā, kenäṣ keneñc, keneñc-äṃ kentär kenantär
    - keṃtsi “to call” inf.n.prs1/2
      
      sg
      
      nom keṃtsi
      
      acc keṃtsi
    - kenäl “to be called” part.prs1/2
      
      sg.m
      
      nom kenäl

Occurrences

keñā

1

śl= ānändāṃ nuṃ nuṃ

ṣñā /// b6 ///