wasu

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Meaning:	“to don, wear (clothes)”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	wasu
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	wasu, wasunt	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt
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acc	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt
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Lexeme family

• wäs-
  • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv
    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.prs2
      • waṣäl “to don, wear (clothes)” part.prs2

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	waṣäl	waṣlaṃ
        acc		waṣlaṃ

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.subj1/5

      	sg.mid
      1	wsīmār
      2	wsitār, wsitār-ñi

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	wse
      3		wsānt

      • wasu “to don, wear (clothes)” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	wasu, wasunt	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt
        acc	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt	wasunt

        • wasur “to don, wear (clothes)” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          abl	wasuräṣ

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	pusār-ñi

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.prs2
      • wassi “to don, wear (clothes)” inf.n.prs2

        	sg
        nom	wassi
        acc	wassi

  • wäs- “to dress sb.” kaus
    • wäs- “to dress sb.” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      1	wose-ṃ

Occurrences

wasu

1	A 89 a4	pṛthivyām asi • pläc	wasu	a5 /// ṣ ṣolār
2	A 138 a3	/// a3 /// ṭi	wasu	täm mäṃt ne a4
3	A 274 b8	poñś ॥ aptsaradarśaṃ ॥	wasu
4	A 304 a7	/// kākärpṣuräṣ kāṣāri wsāl	wasu	kälymeyā a8 /// kātse
5	A 391 b3	10-9 perākuneṣiṃ tseṃ ;	wasu	samyak ; /// 3σ
6	YQ III.11 b3	wles yāmuräṣ āṣtraṃ wsālu	wasu	• snum b4 (pyāpy)·
7	YQ III.11 b6	/// (k)ākätku ñwaṃ wsālu	wasu	tsaraṃ snum pyāpyo waṣtwaṣ