weñāṣt

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Meaning:	“to speak, say”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	weñ-
Lexeme variants:	weñāṣt

Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	5
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	weñā, weñā-ñi, weñā-ṃ	weñāmäs
2	weñāṣt	weñās
3	we, wenā-nn, weñā-m	weñār, weñār-äṃn

Lexeme family

weñ-
- weñ- “to make say” kaus
- weñ- “to speak, say”
  - weñ- “to speak, say” subj7
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 weñam
    
    3 weñiṣ, weñäṣ, weñṣ-äm weñeñc
    - weñläṃ “to speak, say” part.subj7
      
      sg.m
      
      nom weñläṃ
    - weñlune “to speak, say” abstr.n.subj7
      
      sg
      
      nom weñlune
      
      acc weñlune
      
      abl weñluneyäṣ
      
      perl weñluneyā
  - weñ- “to speak, say” pret5
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 weñā, weñā-ñi, weñā-ṃ weñāmäs
    
    2 weñāṣt weñās
    
    3 we, wenā-nn, weñā-m weñār, weñār-äṃn
    - wewñu “to speak, say” part.pret5
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom wewñu, wewñunt wewñunt wewñuṣ, wewñunt wewñunt
      
      acc wewñunt wewñunt wewñunt wewñunt
      - wewñur “to speak, say” abstr.n.pret5
        
        sg
        
        abl wewñuräṣ
  - wenäs- “to speak, say” prs8
    - wenäṣäl “to speak, say” part.prs8
  - weñ- “to speak, say” imp5
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    2 peṃ penäs

Occurrences

weñāṣt

1	A 65 b4	ne tu wsār pälkoräṣ	weñāṣt	kupprene tsmāraṃ mā tāppus
2	A 75 a4	subhādrā bodhisatvānac trä(ṅkä) – – –	weñāṣt	kāṣāri a5 ///
3	A 81 a5	ymāṃ p_ukaṃ neṣ rake	weñāṣt	/// a6 4σ
4	A 81 a6	tu ; tām plāc	weñāṣt	: kuc ne klyoṣār
5	A 145 b5	träṅkäṣ āṣānik ṣokyo waltsurā	weñāṣt{†ä}	mā kärsnām – b6
6	A 288 a7	॥ sātāgiri träṅkäṣ kāsu	weñā(ṣt)	(praca)r tämyo täṣ meträkyāp
7	A 288 b5	॥ haima(vati) (träṅkäṣ) (kāsu)	weñāṣt	ṣu pi(cäs) (lcä)r poñś
8	A 446 b6	/// b6 /// su	weñāṣt	klyom· – ·i –
9	YQ I.1 a7	(pyāmtsāc) (॥) (haimavati) – – – – –	(weñā)ṣt	ṣu picäs lcär poñś
10	YQ I.6 b8	(pkis) ; (el) esam	weñāṣt	: ākā konaṃ ṣom
11	YQ III.4 a6	paṭṭinī kuc ne täm	weñāṣt	gautami lāṃts ṣñi a7
12	YQ III.11 a6	lyalypu nutāa6(mträ) /// (kāsu)	(we)ñāṣt	klyomiṃ • ṣu piṣ