nmo

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Meaning:	“to bow”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	nmo
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	nmo, nmont	nmont	nmont	nmont
voc
acc	nmont	nmosāṃ, nmont	nmont	nmont
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• nämā-
  • näm- “to bow” gv
    • näm- “to bow” gv.prs8

      	pl.act
      3	nämseñc

      • nmässi “to bow” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	nmässi
        acc	nmässi

      • nmäsmāṃ “bowing” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ
        acc	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ	nmäsmāṃ

    • näm- “to bow” gv.subj9
      • nmāṣlune “to bow” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	nmāṣlune
        acc	nmāṣlune

    • näm- “to bow” gv.subj5
      • nmālune “to bow” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	nmālune
        acc	nmālune

        • nmāṣluneṣi “consisting in bowing, paying homage” subj5

          	sg.m
          acc	nmāṣluneṣiṃ

    • näm- “to bow” gv.pret1
      • nmo “to bow” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nmo, nmont	nmont	nmont	nmont
        acc	nmont	nmosāṃ, nmont	nmont	nmont

    • näm- “to bow” gv.pret3
      • nanmu “to bow” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	nanmū

    • näm- “to bow” gv.pret2
      • ñañmu “to bow” part.pret2

        	sg.f
        acc	ñañmusāṃ

Occurrences

nmo

1	A 109 b5	ṣtām ; nṣac ṣū	nmo	; waṃt nu ṣkārā
2	A 447 b3	b3 /// ñi •	nmo	– /// b4 ///
3	YQ II.10 b2	sam kapśañi ; mā	nmo	kanweṃ ; tkālune :