ñäskau-cmeṃ

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Meaning:	“to desire, wish, demand”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ñäskau-cmeṃ
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Pronoun suffix:	second
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	ñäskau-cmeṃ	ñäskem		ñäṣṣīmar, ñäskemar
2				ñäṣṣitar, ñaṣtar
3	ñaṣṣi, ñäṣṣäṃ	ñaskeṃ		ñäṣṣītär, ñaṣtär	ñäṣyentär, ñäskentär

Lexeme family

• ñäsk-
  • ñäsk- “to desire, wish, demand” gv
    • neske “tribute, demand” m

      	sg
      nom	neske
      acc	neske

    • ñäsk- “to desire, wish, demand” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	ñäskau-cmeṃ	ñäskem	ñäṣṣīmar, ñäskemar
      2			ñäṣṣitar, ñaṣtar
      3	ñaṣṣi, ñäṣṣäṃ	ñaskeṃ	ñäṣṣītär, ñaṣtär	ñäṣyentär, ñäskentär

      • ñiṣṣalle “to desire, wish, demand” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	ñiṣṣalle

      • ñäṣṣeñca “desiring, wishing, demanding” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ñäṣṣeñca	ñäṣṣeñca	ñäṣṣeñcañ	ñäṣṣeñcañ
        acc	ñäṣṣeñcai	ñäṣṣeñcai

      • ñäskemane “wishing, desiring” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ñäskemane	ñäskemane	ñäskemane	ñäskemane
        acc	ñäskemane	ñäskemane	ñäskemane	ñäskemane

    • ñäsk- “to desire, wish, demand” gv.subj2

      	sg.act
      1	ñäskau-ne

    • ñäsk- “to desire, wish, demand” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	ñaṣṣa, ñiṣṣā-me

    • ñäsk- “to desire, wish, demand” gv.pret2

      	pl.act
      3	ñāssare

Occurrences

ñäskau-cmeṃ

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