ñmetsi

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Meaning:	“(act.) to bend”; “(mid.) to bow”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ñmetsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ñmetsi
voc
acc	ñmetsi
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

ñmetsi

1

THT 335 a5

yamaa5(ṣäle) /// – l·iñ

ñmetsi

śwātsi smaṃñe a6 ///