piṣ

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	i-
Lexeme variants:	piṣ; piṣṣ

Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	7
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	piṣ	picäs, pic-äkk	pines
3

Lexeme family

i-
- i- “to go” gv
  - i- “to go” gv.prs1
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 yem, yäm ymäs
    
    2 yet, yät yäc
    
    3 yeṣ, yeṣ-ñi, yeś-śi, yeṣ-äṃ, yäṣ, yṣ-äṃ, yṣ-äm yeñc, yeñc-äṃ, yiñc, yiñc-äṃ
    - yälymi “lesson, chapter” “extract” m.prs1
      
      sg pl
      
      nom yälymi yälymiññ
      
      acc yälymi yälmis
      
      perl yälymiyā
    - yäl “to go” part.prs1
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom yäl
      
      acc yälyāṃ
    - ytsi “to go” inf.n.prs1
      
      sg
      
      nom ytsi
      
      acc ytsi
    - ymāṃ “going” part.prs1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ
      
      acc ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ
  - i- “to go” gv.imp7
    
    sg.act pl.act du.act
    
    2 piṣ picäs, pic-äkk pines

Occurrences

piṣ

1	A 79 a2	ñāts(e) naṣ (ṣñi)kek ṣu	piṣ	se ñi āriñcā kārmeṃ
2	A 90 b4	/// s{†ä} hetutwatinac träṅkäṣ	piṣ	hetutwati ī b5 ///
3	A 186 b6	/// b6 /// (trä)ṅkäṣ	piṣ	tu (nande) cam wimānac
4	YQ I.5 a3	waṣtu tsälpia3(ñc) /// (t)rä(ṅ)käṣ	p(i)ṣ	tu klyom śla manarkās
5	YQ I.7 b2	waṣtu ॥ māṇibhadre träṅkäṣ	piṣ	tu bādhariṃ pśärs näb3(ṣ)
6	YQ III.11 a6	(we)ñāṣt klyomiṃ • ṣu	piṣ	rṣiwataṃ saṅkrāmaṃc pines kupre

piṣṣ

1

yatsi käryatsum ānandānac träṅkäṣ

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