ñaṣṣa

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Meaning:	“to desire, wish, demand”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ñaṣṣa; ñäṣṣa
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	ñaṣṣa, ñiṣṣā-me

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

ñäṣṣa

1	IOL Toch 265 b1	lkāskau b1 /// –	ñäṣṣa	b2 /// – kṣträ
2	THT 565 b3	stāna ys(ā) /// b3	ñäṣṣa	keṃ pyapyai yo ///

ñaṣṣa

1	THT 16 b5	ākṣa ; aurtsesa :	ñaṣṣa	po ti(rtheṃ) ; (walo)
2	THT 18 a1	ākṣa ; aurtsesa :	ña(ṣṣa)	(po) (tirtheṃ) ; ///
3	THT 19 a6	pūdñäktentse ; akṣāre •	ña(ṣṣa)	(ha)stakeṃ ; /// a7
4	THT 22 a5	wsā{-ne} ; lantuññe :	ñaṣṣa	śreṣṭakeṃ ; kakāte-ne ;
5	THT 350 b1	nimittājñeṃ saṃ – – – ··āhmaṇeṃ	ñaṣṣa	: cwi kestantse p·