retweyo

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Meaning:	“combination, juncture, attachment”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	raitwe
Lexeme variants:	retweyo
Number:	singular
Case:	instrumental
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	retwe	retweyäntu
voc
acc	retwe	retweyäntu
gen
loc	retweyaṃ
comit
inst	retweyo
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ritwā-
  • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus
    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ritwṣā
      3	ritwäṣ	ritwseñc

      • ritwṣäl “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ritwṣäl	ritwäṣlyi

      • ritwṣant “connecting, translating” “creating” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ritwṣant	ritwṣant	ritwṣantāñ	ritwṣantāñ

      • ritwässi “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	ritwässi
        acc	ritwässi

    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      1	raritwā
      3	raritu, rarittwā-ṃ

      • raritwu “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	raritwu, raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwuṣ, raritwunt	raritwunt
        acc	raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwunt	raritwunt

        • raritwur “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” abstr.pret2

          	sg
          abl	raritwuräṣ

    • ritw- “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” kaus.subj9
      • ritwāṣäl “(caus.) connect, compose, create” “to connect, translate” “to create” part.subj9

        	sg.m
        nom	ritwāṣäl

      • ritwāṣlune “connection, intention, purpose, conceptualization” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	ritwāṣlune
        acc	ritwāṣlune
        inst	ritwāṣluneyo
        perl	ritwāṣluneyā

  • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv
    • retwe “combination, juncture, attachment” n

      	sg	pl
      nom	retwe	retweyäntu
      acc	retwe	retweyäntu
      loc	retweyaṃ
      inst	retweyo

      • retweṣi “pertaining to world-age”

        	sg.m
        nom	retweṣi
        acc	retweṣi

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	ritwatär	ritwantär

      • ritwant “persisting, being attached, linked to” ptcp.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ritwant	ritwant
        gen	ritwantāp	ritwantāp

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.subj5

      	pl.act
      3	ritweñc

      • ritwālune “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	ritwālune
        acc	ritwālune
        perl	ritwāluneyā

      • ritwāl “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	ritwāl

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	ritu

      • ritwo “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ritwo, ritwont	ritwont	ritwoṣ, ritwont	ritwont
        acc	ritwont	ritwosāṃ, ritwont	ritwont	ritwont

    • ritwā- “(itr.) be attached, linked to, persist” “(itr.) be suitable for” gv.imp1

      	pl.act
      2	pritwäs

Occurrences

retweyo

1	A 273 a3	(träṅkäṣ) /// (akṣar-pekeyntu) (tämne-wäknā)	(retweyo)	(:) (cem-äk) (akṣari) (ri)ṣakäśśi
2	A 273 a6	(yäṣ) /// (akṣari) (menāk)	retweyo	mā nu täṣ ārkiśoṣṣaṃ