yalis

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Meaning:	“to do”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	yalis
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Case:	genitive
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom
voc
acc
gen	yalis
loc	yalaṃ
comit
inst	yalyo
abl		yaläntwäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• yap-
  • yap- “to do” gv
    • yap- “to do” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	ypam, ypam-äṃ	ypamäs	ypamār	ypāmät, ypamtär, ypamtär-ci
      2	yat, yat-ñi	yac	yatār, yatār-äṃ	yacär
      3	ypā, ypā-ṃ, yaṣ, yaṣ-äṃ	ypār, ypār-äṃ, ypeñc, ype, ypeñ-ci	ypāt, yatär	ypānt, ypantär

      • ypamāṃ “making, doing” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ
        acc	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ	ypamāṃ
        perl			ypamāñcsā	ypamāñcsā

      • ypant “doing” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ypant	ypant
        acc	ypantāṃ	ypantāṃ	ypantās	ypantās
        loc	ypaṃtaṃ

      • yal “to do” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	yal	yalyi	yalye
        acc	yaläṃ

      • yal “to do” abstr.n.prs2

        	sg	pl
        gen	yalis
        loc	yalaṃ
        inst	yalyo
        abl		yaläntwäṣ

      • yatsi “to do, doing” inf.n.prs2

        	sg
        nom	yatsi
        acc	yatsi

Occurrences

yalis

1	A 15 a4	– a4 – – smāṃ	yalis	mosaṃ ālu ype pic
2	A 113 a3	nuna /// a3 ///	yalis	mosaṃ tsarā e(ṃ)ts· –
3	A 134 a4	a4 /// (a)räṃpāt kāwält(e)näṃ	yalis	mosaṃ e /// a5
4	A 269 and 290 b3	/// (ñäktas) (nape)b3näśśi kāsu	yalis	mo(saṃ) (lywā-m) (kuyalte) (ä)ntā
5	YQ I.3 b1	acite träṅkäṣ ālu kāsu	yalis	mosaṃ täṣ säs mkälto