ñeñmu

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Meaning:	“to bend, bow”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ñeñmu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• näm-
  • näm- “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” gv
    • näm- “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	namṣäṃ	namseṃ	namṣtär

      • nämsemane “bowing” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nämsemane	nämsemane	nämsemane	nämsemane
        acc	nämsemane	nämsemane	nämsemane	nämsemane

    • näm- “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	nmetär	nmentär

      • ñmetsi “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” inf.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	ñmetsi
        acc	ñmetsi

    • näm- “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” gv.pret3

      	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	nemar-neś	namtsate-ñ

    • näm- “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” gv.subj1
      • nmalyñe “(act.) to bend” “(mid.) to bow” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	nmalyñe
        acc	nmalyñe

  • näm- “to bend, bow” kaus
    • näm- “to bend, bow” kaus.pret2
      • ñeñmu “to bend, bow” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	ñeñmu

Occurrences

ñeñmu

1	THT 248 a2	cämpämñe tot weñeu ;	ñeñmu	tärne a3 /// 2
2	THT 365 a3	ply(e)usa su keucä ;	ñeñmu	kektseñ ; yäprerne ot