wāwo

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Meaning:	“to lead, guide, drive”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	wāwo
Number:	singular
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	wāwo
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wā-
  • wā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv
    • wā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	wāwim

      • wālune “leading, driving” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wālune
        acc	wālune
        inst	wāluneyo

      • wāl “to lead, guide, drive” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	wāl

    • wā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	wāt-äṃ	wānt, wānt-äṃ

      • wāwo “to lead, guide, drive” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	wāwo

Occurrences

wāwo

1	A 230 a6	2σ /// s· 1σ	wāwo	; pāpṣu spärkā;lune yiṣ
2	A 359 a4	। upanitavayā jarātura ।	wāwo	kätkā – – – ·ākis mokoneyo