yetu

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Meaning:	“(having been) adorned”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	yaitu
Lexeme variants:	yetu; yetw
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-unt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-uṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	yetu, yetunt	yetus, yetunt	yetuṣ, yetunt	yetunt
voc
acc	yetunt	yetusāṃ, yetunt	yetuñcäs, yetunt	yetunt
gen
loc			yetuñcsaṃ
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• yätā-
  • yät- “to adorn” “adorn oneself” kaus
    • yät- “to adorn” “adorn oneself” kaus.prs8

      	sg.mid
      1	ytäsmār
      3	ytäṣtär, ytäṣtr-äṃ

      • ytäsmāṃ “to adorn” “adorn oneself” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ
        acc	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ	ytäsmāṃ

      • ytässi “to adorn” “adorn oneself” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	ytässi
        acc	ytässi

      • ytaṣäl “to adorn” “adorn oneself” part.prs8
    • yät- “to adorn” “adorn oneself” kaus.subj9

      	sg.mid
      1	ytāṣimār

    • yät- “to adorn” “adorn oneself” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yete, yete-ṃ
      3		yetānt

      • yetu “(having been) adorned” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yetu, yetunt	yetus, yetunt	yetuṣ, yetunt	yetunt
        acc	yetunt	yetusāṃ, yetunt	yetuñcäs, yetunt	yetunt
        loc			yetuñcsaṃ

        • yetur “(having been) adorned” abstr.n.pret2

          	sg
          abl	yeturäṣ

Occurrences

yetu

1	A 21 a2	– a2 (śpa)rṣināṃ kapśiṃño	yetu	wāmpu • kupre ne
2	A 22 a3	; pañitswāts : pyāpyāsyo	yetu	; ñä – a4
3	A 57 b6	/// sne mem pñintuyo	yetu	tāmāṣ kätkoräṣ tuṣit ñäkci
4	A 118 a6	noṣpeṃ a6 /// (lakṣa)ṇäsyo	yetu	ārānt se tākiṣ-ñi •
5	A 120 a1	11σ /// (hā)rite :	yetu	wāmpu ; yetwesyo ;
6	A 149 a6	; puk śākkiñ ;	yetu	– – ; – – – – – – – – – – –
7	A 156 b2	/// b2 /// syo	yetu	pracar ṣeṣ säm p(e)nu
8	A 256 b1	tāṣ mät ne cindāmaṇisyo	yetu	jambunāṭ-wsāṣi ṣul tāṣ sälpmāṃ
9	A 256 b1	swāñcenāsyo (pe) w(a)ñi kär-paränyo	(ye)tu	tämne sās metrak(äṃ) (pättāñkte)
10	A 280 b7	ciñcraṃ ; yetwesyo ;	yetu	wāmpu : śäkk o
11	A 312 a2	o(ktuk) a2 cäñcraṃ yetwesyo	(yetu)	wāmpu kospreṃn ne ṣik
12	A 318 and 319 b6	(wäl) ; (jimutake)tu :	yetu	ñemintuyo ; worpu antiṣpuryo
13	A 331 b2	b2 /// pässākyo :	yetu	/// b3 /// s

yetw

1

A 314 a8

/// urṇ{†aṃ} pärwānyo ;

yet(w)

(akma)l ; 1σ s·rpärts