ñäskemane

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Meaning:	“wishing, desiring”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ñäskemane
Number:	singular; plural
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

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

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

ñäskemane

1	Kz-213-ZS-Z-10 a1	empäkwate ma prakre :	ñäskemane	eṅkäl kwri ritalyñeṣe läkle
2	PK AS 6A a1	; näno-nän= ost-yāmṣeñcai :	ñ(ä)sk(e)m(a)ne	; tw(e) l(a)kle ;
3	THT 217 b3	/// 1σ (po)b3stänmeṃ –	ñäskema(n)e	– mñce toṃ aiskeṃ