wewñu

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Meaning:	“to speak, say”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	wewñu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	5
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	wewñu, wewñunt	wewñunt	wewñuṣ, wewñunt	wewñunt
voc
acc	wewñunt	wewñunt	wewñunt	wewñunt
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

wewñu

1	A 3 a2	täm śāwes käṣṣiśśi taṃne	wewñu	॥ śuriṣinaṃ ॥
2	A 6 b4	tuṅk tsäknātsi tärkor taṃne	we(wñu)	b5 lāñci kuleyac pācri
3	A 49 a6	a6 /// (mä)rkampalṣināp lānt	we(wñu)	/// b1 /// –
4	A 62 b4	; (käṣṣi)yāp ; tanne	wew(ñu)	; käṣṣiśśi : 6
5	A 99 b5	penu gārge riṣakyāp śāstraṃ	wewñu	äñcaṃ wra b6 ///
6	A 231 a4	yāmunt ; lyalypūntu ;	wewñu	a5 5σ 14σ 4σ
7	A 333 a6	rṣṣant pāṣant tanne wkänyo	wewñu	tāk /// a7 ///
8	A 371 a5	smale viṣām{†ä} tsär wāweku	wewñu	tām ālāsuneyo āśrāddhuneyo guhākuneyo
9	A 371 b2	b2 śoṣi duṣṭhul rakeytu	wewñu	tām kṣis upādhyās āśaṃryāśi
10	A 371 b3	kaklyuṣunt nākmant päknāmo ālyeksac	wewñu	tām tosäs (kä)ntwāṣinās maṅkant
11	A 387 b1	yathoktaṃ • mät ne	wewñu	/// b2 vābhinivṛttir iti
12	A 387 b2	tanne wkäñyo wärtsyo sutraṃ	wewñu	• tasyākh· /// b3
13	A 388 a1	• pkänt pkänt svabhāwäntu	wewñu	/// a2 /// ·idhaṃ
14	A 397 a7	/// a7 /// pāk	wewñu	• ॥ uddeśake träṅkäṣ
15	A 397 a9	tämyo tm· – – wsokone	wewñu	mā ynālek ॥ tämne-k
16	A 397 b4	dhyānann ats nu pāk	wewñu	• ॥ codake träṅkäṣ
17	A 397 b5	/// dhyānann ats pāk	wewñu	ime – nu (tr)i(c)äṃ
18	A 397 b5	(tr)i(c)äṃ dh(y)ā(nann) (a)ts pāk	wewñu	• ॥ uddeśake träṅkäṣ
19	A 422 b1	b1 /// (ta)nn(e)	w(e)wñu	• pr(atiṣev)y(aṃ) vip(aryayāt) ///
20	YQ III.9 b2	sne mem sne āk	wewñu	• pudgalik wrasab3(śśi) ///