yāṅkṣā

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Meaning:	“to bewitch”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	yāṅk-
Lexeme variants:	yāṅkṣā
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	yāṅkṣā

Lexeme family

• yāṅkā-
  • yāṅkā- “to be deluded” gv
    • yāṅkā- “to be deluded” gv.subj5
      • yāṅklune “deludedness” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	yāṅklune
        acc	yāṅklune

  • yāṅk- “to bewitch” kaus
    • yāṅk- “to bewitch” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act
      3	yāṅkṣā

Occurrences

yāṅkṣā

1

A 120 a2

; yātluneyäṣ ; pkänt

yāṅkṣā

: 1 ॥ mnu