ywont

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Meaning:	“to turn, incline towards”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ywont; ywawont
Number:	plural; singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative; accusative
Gender:	feminine; masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ywont	ywont	ywont	ywont
voc
acc	ywont	ywont	ywont	ywont
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• yuwā-
  • yuwā- “to turn, incline towards” gv
    • yuwā- “to turn, incline towards” gv.prs3

      	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	ywār	ywatr-äṃ

      • ywatsī “to turn, incline towards” inf.n.prs3

        	sg
        nom	ywatsī
        acc	ywatsī

    • yuwā- “to turn, incline towards” gv.subj5
      • ywālune “inclining” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	ywālune
        acc	ywālune

    • yuwā- “to turn, incline towards” gv.pret1
      • ywo “to turn, incline towards” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ywont	ywont	ywont	ywont
        acc	ywont	ywont	ywont	ywont

  • yuw- “to aspire to, reach out for” “(tr.) to turn to” kaus
    • yuw- “to aspire to, reach out for” “(tr.) to turn to” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	yuṣā	yuseñc

    • yuw- “to aspire to, reach out for” “(tr.) to turn to” kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      3	ywāṣiṣ

Occurrences

ywawont

1

SHT 1157 b2

b2

ywawont

koṃ

ywont

1	A 8 a4	wäknā ॥ ṣaḍap-devadattenaṃ ॥	ywont	lap tsru yre(ki) ;
2	A 8 a5	aśäṃ tont ; yoṣmoṣ	ywont	lymenyo ; ṣuṅkäṣṣ anas