walu

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Meaning:	“to die”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	walu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
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	walu, walunt	walunt	waluṣ, walunt	walunt
voc
acc	walunt	walusāṃ, walunt	walunt	walunt
gen	waluntāp	waluse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wäl-
  • wäl- “to die” gv
    • wäl- “to die” gv.prs10

      	sg.mid
      1	wläṃṣāwe, wälläsmār
      3	wälläṣtär

      • wlässi “to die” inf.n.prs10

        	sg
        nom	wlässi
        acc	wlässi

    • wäl- “to die” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	wlamār	wlamtär
      3	wlatär

      • wlal “to die” part.subj3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	wlal
        acc		wlallyāṃ

      • wlalune “death” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	wlalune
        acc	wlalune
        gen	wlaluneyis
        loc	wlaluneyaṃ
        inst	wlaluneyo
        abl	wlaluneyäṣ
        perl	wlaluneyā
        all	wlaluneyac

        • wlaluneṣi “of death” subj3

          	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
          nom	wlaluneṣi
          acc	wlaluneṣiṃ		wlaluneṣṣās
          gen		wlaluneṣine

    • wäl- “to die” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1		wälmäs
      3	wläs

      • walu “to die” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	walu, walunt	walunt	waluṣ, walunt	walunt
        acc	walunt	walusāṃ, walunt	walunt	walunt
        gen	waluntāp	waluse

        • walur “to die” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          abl	waluräṣ

Occurrences

walu

1	A 64 a5	: śāmāṃ penu ;	walu	säm ; krañcäṃ wäknäṣ
2	A 128 and 130 b5	lkāmä kus ne mā	walu	tāṣ mā pat wlatär
3	A 212 b1	b1 14σ /// ;	walu	nasam : mäṃt ne
4	A 289 b6	mā lkāṣ • śāmāṃ	walu	śkaṃ säb7(m) /// (puk)
5	THT 1461 a3	a3 /// sāmudris modrā	walu	ne /// a4 ///
6	YQ II.4 a7	tāpärk ; wtākotā ;	walu	nasam : mänt ne