malywā

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Meaning:	“to crush, squeeze” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to oppress”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	mely-
Lexeme variants:	malywā
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	malywät
3	malywā

Lexeme family

• malyw-
  • malyw- “to oppress” “to crush, squeeze” gv
    • malyw- “to oppress” “to crush, squeeze” gv.prs2

      	sg.act
      2	malywät
      3	malywā

      • malywmāṃ “crushing, squeezing or being crushed, squeezed (?)” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ
        acc	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ	malywmāṃ

      • malywant “crushing, squeezing” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	malywant	malywant
        acc	malywäntāṃ	malywäntāṃ

Occurrences

malywā

1	A 222 b4	; lyäklyaṃ l(wā) ;	malywā	yonaṃ ; (pättāṃñkte) (:)
2	A 239 b6	6σ 7σ b6 ;	malywā	yonaṃ ; pättāṃñkte :