yäm

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	i-
Lexeme variants:	yäm
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	yem, yäm	ymäs
2	yet, yät	yäc
3	yeṣ, yeṣ-ñi, yeś-śi, yeṣ-äṃ, yäṣ, yṣ-äṃ, yṣ-äm	yeñc, yeñc-äṃ, yiñc, yiñc-äṃ

Lexeme family

• i-
  • i- “to go” gv
    • i- “to go” gv.prs1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	yem, yäm	ymäs
      2	yet, yät	yäc
      3	yeṣ, yeṣ-ñi, yeś-śi, yeṣ-äṃ, yäṣ, yṣ-äṃ, yṣ-äm	yeñc, yeñc-äṃ, yiñc, yiñc-äṃ

      • yälymi “lesson, chapter” “extract” m.prs1

        	sg	pl
        nom	yälymi	yälymiññ
        acc	yälymi	yälmis
        perl	yälymiyā

      • yäl “to go” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	yäl
        acc		yälyāṃ

      • ytsi “to go” inf.n.prs1

        	sg
        nom	ytsi
        acc	ytsi

      • ymāṃ “going” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ymāṃ	ymāṃ	ymāṃ	ymāṃ
        acc	ymāṃ	ymāṃ	ymāṃ	ymāṃ

    • i- “to go” gv.imp7

      	sg.act	pl.act	du.act
      2	piṣ	picäs, pic-äkk	pines

Occurrences

yäm

1	A 218 a3	; kārūṇik (:) (bārānas)y(a)c	yäm	; koṣtam oṅkraci ;
2	THT 1417.d a3	/// smār : 1	yäm	kälyme /// a4 ///
3	THT 1492 a2	– – säṣ mlu skos	yäm	ṣñi kälyme y· –
4	YQ II.14 b2	b2 13σ /// ·is	yäm	; semäśwaṃ : ṣāmaṃ
5	YQ III.1 a5	ptāñkät käṣyāp śämlune prakässi	yäm	kupre aśśi lo a6