añmassu

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Meaning:	Adams 2013a: “desirous, craving, wanting”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	añmassu
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• āñme “self” “wish, desire”

  	sg
  nom	āñme
  acc	āñmo
  gen	añmantse
  loc	āñmne
  comit	añmämpa, āñmämpa
  perl	āñmtsa

  • añmaṣṣe “pertaining to the self, personal”

    	sg.m	pl.f
    nom	añmaṣṣe	añmaṣṣana
    acc	añmaṣṣe	añmaṣṣana

  • añmassu “desirous, craving, wanting”

    	sg.m
    nom	añmassu

  • āñmäññ-
    • āñmäññ- “to wish, desire” gv
      • āñmäññ- “to wish, desire” gv.prs/subj12

        	sg.mid
        1	añmaññemar

      • āñmäññ- “to wish, desire” gv.prs12

        	sg.mid	pl.mid
        2	añmaññītar, āñmantar
        3	añmaññitär	añmañentär

Occurrences

añmassu

1	THT 23 a7	āyor aitsi ; ṣek	añmassu	: pelaikneṣṣana ; naumiyenta
2	THT 50 b6	sta·e /// b6 ///	añmassu	: krent n· ///
3	THT 55 a2	a2 ///	(a)ñmassu	30-1 a3 /// astarona
4	THT 108 b3	bhavākkärṣṣai yoñiyai eṃṣke katkässi	añmassu	• tarya orotstsana pra
5	THT 108 b9	tuwak kottarcce pelaik(n)e āksi	añmassu	kakā-me weñā-meś ॥ suwāññe-uwātatane

Bibliography

Adams 2013a

Adams, Douglas Q. 2013a. A dictionary of Tocharian B. Revised and greatly enlarged. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.