yāteñc

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Meaning:	“to be (cap)able”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	yātā-
Lexeme variants:	yāteñc
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	yātiś-śi, yātaṣ, yātaṣ-ñi	yāteñc

Lexeme family

• yātā-
  • yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv
    • yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid
      3	yatatär

      • yatmāṃ “being (cap)able” part.prs4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ
        acc	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ	yatmāṃ

    • yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	yātiś-śi, yātaṣ, yātaṣ-ñi	yāteñc

      • yātal “to be (cap)able” part.subj5

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	yātal	yātalyi
        acc			yātlyes

        • yātälwāts “provided with ability, able, powerful” subj5

          	sg.m	pl.m
          nom	yātälwāts	yātälwātse
          acc		yātälwātses

      • yātlune “(supernatural) ability, power” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg	pl
        nom	yātlune	yātluneyntu
        acc	yātlune	yātluneyntu
        gen		yātluneṃtwāśśi
        comit	yātluneyaśśäl
        inst	yātluneyo	yātluneyntuyo
        abl	yātluneyäṣ

    • yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.pret1
      • yāytu “to be (cap)able” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yāytu, yāytunt	yāytunt	yāytunt	yāytunt
        acc	yāytunt	yāytunt	yāytuñcäs, yāytunt	yāytunt

  • yāt- “to enable, tame” agv
    • yāt- “to enable, tame” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      3	yātäṣ	yātseñc	yātṣānt

      • yatäṣäl “to enable, tame” part.prs8

        	pl.m
        acc	yātäṣlyes

    • yāt- “to enable, tame” agv.subj7

      	sg.mid
      1	yātñmār

      • yātñal “to enable, tame” part.subj7

        	sg.m
        nom	yātñal

    • yāt- “to enable, tame” agv.subj9b
      • yātässi “to enable, tame, enabling, taming” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	yātässi
        acc	yātässi

Occurrences

yāteñc

1	A 14 a2	sikaṃtä(r) mā lāñcsā pärtsi	yāteñc	mā penu lyäksā kärnātsi
2	A 14 a2	mā penu lyäksā kärnātsi	yāteñc	(ku)a3(c) śkaṃ ne wrasom