māskantär-ñi

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Meaning:	“to be difficult, present problems”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	māskantär-ñi
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Pronoun suffix:	first
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	māskaṣ-äm				māskantär, māskantär-ñi

Lexeme family

• māskā-
  • māsk- uncertain kaus
  • māskā- “to be difficult, present problems” gv
    • māskā- “to be difficult, present problems” gv.prs6

      	sg.mid
      3	māsäṃśāt-äm

    • māskā- “to be difficult, present problems” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      3	māskaṣ-äm	māskantär, māskantär-ñi

    • māskā- “to be difficult, present problems” gv.pret1

      	pl.mid
      3	māskant, māskant-ñi

      • māmäsku “to be difficult, present problems” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	māmäsku

    • māskā- “to be difficult, present problems” gv.prs8
      • māskäṣäl “to be difficult, present problems” part.prs8

Occurrences

māskantär-ñi

1

A 236 b4

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māskantär-ñi

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