wawu

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Meaning:	“to give”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	wawu; wawū

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	wawu
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	wawuräṣ
perl	wawurā
all
caus

Lexeme family

wäs-
- wäs- “to give” gv
  - wäs- “to give” gv.pret3
    
    pl.act
    
    3 wsär, wäsr-äṃ
  - wäs- “to give” gv.pret1
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 wsā, wsā-ci
    
    2 wsāṣt, wsāṣt-äk
    
    3 wäs, wsā-ṃ wsrä-ṃ
    - wawu “to give” part.pret1
      
      sg.m
      
      nom wawu
      
      abl wawuräṣ
      
      perl wawurā
  - wäs- “to give” gv.imp7
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    2 paṣ, paṣ-äk, paṣ-ñi, paṣ-äṃ pac

Occurrences

wawu

1	YQ III.6 b3	kanak kupre ne pissaṅkac	wawu	tā(ṣ) b4 ///
2	YQ III.8 b3	käb3(ṣṣi) /// (pis)s(a)ṅkis el	wawu	• pissaṅkaṃ kälko el
3	YQ III.8 b4	ṣāmañi pissaṅkiss ats el	wawu	pissab5(ṅkaṃ) (kälko) (el) (träṅkträ)
4	YQ III.8 b5	(kälko) (el) (träṅkträ) ///	(wa)wu	• pissaṅkaṃ kälko el
5	YQ III.9 a6	pudgaa6(lik) /// (ptāñ)ñ(ä)kte el	wawu	pudgalik el träṅkträ •
6	YQ III.9 a6	el träṅkträ • prattika-ptāñkte	wawu	pudgalik a7
7	YQ III.9 b1	ob1(sit) /// wrasaśśi el	wawu	pudgalik el träṅktär ॥

wawū

1

śrāddhe ; elant pat