āśäṃ

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Meaning:	“to lead, guide, drive”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āk-
Lexeme variants:	āśäṃ; aśäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	āśäṃ, aśan-me	ākeṃ, aken-ne		āśtär

Lexeme family

• āk-
  • āk- “to lead, guide, drive” gv
    • āk- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	āśäṃ, aśan-me	ākeṃ, aken-ne	āśtär

      • aśeñca “leading” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aśeñca	aśeñca	aśeñcañ	aśeñcañ
        acc	aśeñcai	aśeñcai

      • akemane “leading” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	akemane	akemane	akemane	akemane
        acc	akemane	akemane	akemane	akemane

      • aśalle “to be lead” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	aśalle

Occurrences

aśäṃ

1

THT 133 a2

a2 ·e ssoī ;

aśäṃ

cce no ; srukalle

āśäṃ

1	PK AS 18B b5	(o)lyine ṣamäṃ kaucū-wär olyi	āśäṃ	ñoru-wär wat parna totte
2	THT 11 a8	(kau)tsiś ; etsuwai ;	āśäṃ	wnolmeṃ ; ce ///
3	THT 33 b2	5 saṃvar ṣamāññe ;	āśäṃ	ostw ostä ; tärknaṃ
4	THT 41 b4	paiñe ; mokociś ;	āśäṃ	īme ; tumeṃ toṃ
5	THT 45 b6	näkṣanme : po pratyaika-;pudñäkteṃ	āśäṃ	; po r-ārhānteṃ ;