sāmat

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Meaning:	“to take, keep, gather”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	sāmat
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				sāmat, sāmat-äm	sāmant

Lexeme family

• sāmā-
  • sāmā- “to take, keep, gather” gv
    • sāmā- “to take, keep, gather” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	sāmat, sāmat-äm	sāmant

      • sāsmu “to take, keep, gather” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	sāsmu

        • sāsmur “to take, keep, gather” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          abl	sāsmuräṣ

    • sāmā- “to take, keep, gather” gv.imp1

      	sg.mid
      2	psāmār

Occurrences

sāmat

1	A 351 a6	/// a6 /// (we)wñunt	sāmat	padakäs 3 okä ///
2	A 351 a7	a7 /// ṣ :	sāmat	ptāñkte wewñunt u ///