aitsi

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Meaning:	“(act.) to give”; “(mid.) to take”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	aitsi; aisi; aittsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	aitsi
voc
acc	aitsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ai-
  • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv
    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	aiskau, aiskau-c	aiskem
      2	aista-ne	aiścer
      3	aiṣṣi, aiṣṣäṃ, aiṣṣa-ñ	aiṣṣiyeṃ, aiskeṃ

      • aiṣṣeñca “giving” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aiṣṣeñca	aiṣṣeñca	aiṣṣeñcañ	aiṣṣeñcañ, aiṣṣeñcana
        acc	aiṣṣeñcai, aiṣeñcai	aiṣṣeñcai, aiṣeñcai		aiṣṣeñcana
        gen	aiṣṣeñcantse	aiṣṣeñcantse

        • aiṣṣeñcaññe “giving” msg.prs9a

          	sg
          nom	aiṣṣeñcaññe
          acc	aiṣṣeñcaññe
          all	aiṣṣeñcaññeśc

      • aiskemane “taking” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane
        acc	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane	aiskemane

      • aiṣälle “giving” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	aiṣälle

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	āyu, ayu-c, ayu-ne	aim	aimar
      2	ait, ayit-me
      3	āyi, ayi-c, ayi-ne, aiṃ	aiṃ, ai-ñ, aiṃ-ñ	ayītär, aitär

      • aille “giving” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	aille

      • ailñe “giving” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	ailñe
        acc	ailñe
        loc	ailñene
        perl	ailñesa

      • aitsi “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	aitsi
        acc	aitsi

      • anāyätte “what has not been given” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	anāyätte

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.imp

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pete, pete-ñ	petes

    • ai- “(act.) to give” “(mid.) to take” gv.pret3
      • āyu “having given” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	āyu

        • āyor “gift, giving” n.pret3

          	sg	pl
          nom	āyor	āyornta
          acc	āyor	āyornta
          loc	āyorne
          comit	āyormpa
          abl	āyormeṃ
          perl	āyorsa

          • āyorṣṣe “pertaining to a gift” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	āyorṣṣe
            acc	āyorṣṣe

          • āyorntaṣṣe “pertaining to gifts, giving” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	āyorntaṣṣe
            acc	āyorntaṣṣe

          • ayormaṣṣe “pertaining to a gift” pret3

            	sg.m
            nom	ayormaṣṣe
            acc	ayormaṣṣe

Occurrences

aitsi

1	IOL Toch 123 a1	(a)lyek(e)pi ākṣtsi • wteś	aitsi	/// a2 /// te
2	IOL Toch 129 b2	tū tañ yātkawa piṃtwāt	aitsi	• pañäkte klyauṣa nāksate
3	IOL Toch 188 b3	yam yke postäṃ päst	aitsi	• aṃtyo pi hi
4	IOL Toch 222 b3	/// b3 /// wasa	aitsi	tā(y) pañäkte pelaikne ākṣa
5	IOL Toch 281 a2	/// ; aṣāṃ	aitsi	: mā(rgavārgṣe) /// a3
6	PK AS 4A a4	; tarnene ; aṣāṃ	aitsi	: mārgavārgṣe ; kauṃ
7	PK AS 6B a2	mā cämpmoñ toṃ skwanma	aitsi	70-6 p(a)pāṣṣorñe pāṣtär ksa
8	PK AS 7E b1	(spe)lk(e) yamaskeṃ ; āyor	aitsi	; alloṅkna wat ;
9	PK AS 7E b5	tatākaṣ : āyor no	aitsi	; lāre tatākar ;
10	PK AS 7F a1	āklyisa añmantse ; āyor	aitsi	ṣek cäñcan-me ; rilñecci
11	PK AS 7F a2	; mā cäñcan-me āyor	aitsi	; olypotse śateñ no
12	PK AS 7F a4	mäsketär-ne ; m= āyor	aitsi	cäñcan-ne : te ṣarmtsa
13	PK AS 7F a5	; cäñcan-ne ṣpä āyor	aitsi	; /// 7σ (kuse)
14	PK AS 7F b1	mā cäñcan-ne ; āyor	aitsi	alyeṅkäṃ(ts) (:) /// 5σ
15	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a30	• ñake cipaiśe śātre	aitsi	mā kärratär{†ä} a31 tā
16	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a4	kercapiśke wā(ltsasi) (masa) (pito)	(aitsi)	(ptamaṣeṃ) (cā)neṃ wsāwaa5-ne ikäṃ
17	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a4	ysāre wā(ltsasi) (masa) (pito)	(aitsi)	(ptamaṣeṃ) (cā)neṃ wsāwaa5-ne ikäṃ
18	PK NS 28 b6	; (ta)rnene ; aṣāṃ	aitsi	: mārgavārgṣe ; kauṃ
19	THT 23 a7	pelaik(n)e klyauṣtsi ; āyor	aitsi	; ṣek añmassu :
20	THT 68 a5	/// a5 /// (āyo)r	aitsi	cam(päṃ) /// a6 ///
21	THT 281 a4	soytsi preke : śäpt	aitsi	kleśänmats ; epre(tñesa) ;
22	THT 281 b4	saitsī pre(ke) (10-6) (o)mpālskoñeṣ;ṣe	aitsi	; karak preke :
23	THT 337 a1	ṣarsa naumi(ye) (ta)läṣṣäṃ watkäṣṣäṃ	aitsi	su naumi(ye) päs= tä(rkana)a2lle
24	THT 374.c b4	/// b4 /// piṃtwāt	aitsi	añmaññīta(r) ///
25	THT 567 b3	laṃ po kektseñ wäntanañ-c	aitsi	ṣ mā – ·p·
26	THT 1228 b2	– ntsate mcuṣke näno	aitsi	a – /// b3
27	THT 1335.c a1	a1 /// cmelmeṃ oko	aitsi	a2 /// ·ṣa na
28	THT 2323 b3	b3 /// a ṣāṃ	aitsi	ne – /// b4
29	THT 2377.n b4	b4 /// – ñpo	aitsi	preke 10 – ///

aisi

1	Kizil WD-I-a3 b1	indrasene śirkeñe yap teṅkeś	aisi	weña cakanma 3
2	PK DA M 507.19 a10	/// pi ulaṅkwāne śomoṃntsa	aisi	10 a11 /// (s)uklyikentse
3	PK DA M 507.19 a10	pi ulāṅkwāne śomoṃntsa	aisi	10 a11 /// (s)uklyikentse
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a22	śtarce meṃne putew{e→a}nte olākw(ā)ṃa22ne	aisi	yakwe kärnāsi yātka-me wantiśkenmeṃ
5	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a27	a27 täryāka śātre oko	aisi	wä(r)p(ā)t(e) /// /// ś
6	PK DA M 507.38 a54	– – (wālsa)si ptamaṣṣeṃ pito	aisi	a55 cāneṃ wsāwa ikäṃ
7	PK DA M 507.38 a62	/// /// ·i – – –	aisi	a63 piśāka 50 jñānara(kṣite)
8	PK DA M 507.38 a54	– – (wālsa)si ptamaṣṣeṃ pito	aisi	a55 cāneṃ wsāwa ikäṃ
9	PK DA M 507.38 a62	/// /// ·i – – –	aisi	a63 piśāka 50
10	THT 209.a b4	b4 – wawayau wantre	aisi	///
11	THT 1371.e a1	mäṃ ma ·ñ· yeṃ	aisi	a /// a2 ///
12	THT 2793 a1	a1 /// s·oṃ	aisi	yap wsāw(a) ///

aittsi

1	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a70	a70 lyekśyaisa ālttse {ai}tstsa	aittsi	puttewaṃnte akaumtse yośaś tsäa71ṅkana
2	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a103	ste toyna wes (pa)a103rra	aittsi	källām{†ä} • ot saṅkrām