tāpaṣ

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Meaning:	“to eat”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	tāppā-
Lexeme variants:	tāpaṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	tāpim
2
3	tāpaṣ, tāpaṣ-äṃ

Lexeme family

• tāpā-
  • tāpā- “to eat” gv
    • tāpā- “to eat” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	tāpim
      3	tāpaṣ, tāpaṣ-äṃ

      • tāplune “to eat” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tāplune
        acc	tāplune
        loc	tāpluneyaṃ

        • tāpluneṣi “pertaining to consumption” subj5

          	pl.f
          acc	tāpluneṣinās

      • tāpal “to eat” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	tāpal

      • tāpal “eating, food, feeding” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg	pl
        nom	tāpal	tāpalntu
        acc	tāpal	tāpalntu

    • tāpā- “to eat” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1		tāpamäs
      3	tāp, tāpa-ṃ, tāpa-m

      • tāppu “to eat” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	tāppu	tāppus

Occurrences

tāpaṣ

1	A 65 b5	yusār praṣṭā wrasom wsār	tāpaṣ	kucne tmäṣ oko kälpāl
2	A 155 b5	/// känt pat kāpāräs	tāpaṣ	koṃ wṣe ats wramaṃ