tswe

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Meaning:	“(act.) to stick together”; “(mid.) to obey”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	tsuwā-
Lexeme variants:	tswe
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				tswe
2
3		tsawar		tswāt	tswānt

Lexeme family

• tsuwā-
  • tsuwā- “(act.) to stick together” “(mid.) to obey” gv
    • tsuwā- “(act.) to stick together” “(mid.) to obey” gv.prs5

      	sg.mid
      3	tswātär

      • tswātsi “(act.) to stick together” “(mid.) to obey” inf.n.prs5

        	sg
        nom	tswātsi

    • tsuwā- “(act.) to stick together” “(mid.) to obey” gv.pret1

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		tswe
      3	tsawar	tswāt	tswānt

      • tswo “(act.) to stick together” “(mid.) to obey” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tswo	tswoṣ

  • tsuw- “to put together” kaus
    • tsuw- “to put together” kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      1	tswāsam

Occurrences

tswe

1	A 340 b6	mälkärteṃ ; mā näṣ	tswe	weñā ; b7 5σ
2	THT 1505.e b2	/// b2 /// –	tswe	– – /// b3 ///