wīyu

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Meaning:	“to be frightened”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	wi-
Lexeme variants:	wīyu

Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	wīyu
2
3

Lexeme family

wiyā-
- wiyā- “to be frightened” gv
  - wiyā- “to be frightened” gv.pret1
    - wiyo “to be frightened” part.pret1
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom wiyo wiyoss
      
      gen wiyontāp
  - wiyā- “to be frightened” gv.pret3
    
    sg.act
    
    1 wīyu

Occurrences

wīyu

1

a4 – – – – – – – tär ñi

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