wäntoṣ

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Meaning:	“to cover, envelop”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	wäntoṣ
Number:	plural
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	wänto		wäntoṣ
voc
acc			wäntoñcäs
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wäntā-
  • wäntā- “to cover, envelop” gv
    • wäntā- “to cover, envelop” gv.subj5
      • wäntālune “to cover, envelop” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wäntālune
        acc	wäntālune

    • wäntā- “to cover, envelop” gv.pret1
      • wänto “to cover, envelop” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wänto	wäntoṣ
        acc		wäntoñcäs

Occurrences

wäntoṣ

1	A 254 b2	raurāp ñareyaṃ oki slamasyo	wäntoṣ	pukā-k sälpiñc ॥ täm
2	A 254 b4	śla wrasas ; slamyo	wäntoṣ	; sälypār tskäṃṣānt ;
3	A 254 b5	yäksoṣ kaśal ; slamyo	wäntoṣ	; tskäṃsanträ : poñcäṃ