weñā-ñi

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

Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Pronoun suffix:	first
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

weñā-ñi

1

kāruṇyo ; kātyāyane ;

(80-5) (śoś) (koluneyä)ṣ ;