sākässi

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Meaning:	“to restrain, leave behind, restraining, leaving behind”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	sākässi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	9b
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	sākässi
voc
acc	sākässi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• sākā-
  • sāk- “to remain” “to restrain” agv
    • sāk- “to remain” “to restrain” agv.subj7

      	sg.act
      1	sākñim

    • sāk- “to remain” “to restrain” agv.subj9b
      • sākässi “to restrain, leave behind, restraining, leaving behind” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	sākässi
        acc	sākässi

  • sākā- “to remain” gv
    • sākā- “to remain” gv.prs4

      	pl.mid
      3	sakantär

    • sākā- “to remain” gv.subj5

      	pl.act
      3	sākeñc

    • sākā- “to remain” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	sāk

Occurrences

sākässi

1	A 7 a3	taṃne praṣtā kälporäṣ āñcäm	sākässi	kyal mā näṣ tā(maṃ)
2	A 105 b6	k· b6 /// śol	sākässi	kapśañi mā śkaṃ – –
3	A 153 b2	eṅkäl santānaṃ täklā-ṃ kapśañi	sākässi	mā śkaṃ campäs ṣūraṃ