campäṃ

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Meaning:	“to be able to”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	cämp-
Lexeme variants:	campäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present; subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present; subjunctive
Stem class:	2
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	cämpau-ne
2
3	campäṃ, cämpan-me	campeṃ

Lexeme family

• cämp-
  • cämp- “to be able to” gv
    • cämp- “to be able to” gv.prs/subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	cämpau-ne
      3	campäṃ, cämpan-me	campeṃ

    • cämp- “to be able to” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	campau
      2		campcer
      3		campeṃ, cämpen-ne

    • cämp- “to be able to” gv.subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	cämpim, cämpim-c
      2	campät
      3	campi	cämpiyeṃ

      • cämpalle “to be able to” part.subj2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	cämpalle	cämpalyi
        acc	cämpalle

    • cämp- “to be able to” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	cämyāwa
      2	cimpyāsta, cämpyāsta-ñ	cämpyās
      3	campya	cämpyāre

  • cämpamo “(cap)able”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	cämpamo	cämpamoñ

    • cämpamñe “ability, power” msg

      	sg
      nom	cämpamñe

      • cämpamñetstse “able, proficient”

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	cämpamñetstse	cämpamñecci
        voc	cämpamñeccu
        acc		cämpamñecceṃ

Occurrences

campäṃ

1	IOL Toch 107 b4	b4 /// tot śaumo	campäṃ	päls(k)o – /// b5
2	IOL Toch 156 a2	oko klyauṣalle se te	campäṃ	karsatsi cwi sā –
3	IOL Toch 213 a1	mā ṣekaṃñasa sälpamane •	campäṃ	te palkatsi • tumeṃ
4	IOL Toch 215 b4	ka pärsāñci kuse po	campäṃ	tu weṃtsi : ///
5	IOL Toch 280 b5	ā° /// b5 tu	ca(m)päṃ	stināstsi • cwī tu
6	IOL Toch 872 a2	– /// a2 ///	campäṃ	• kuri /// a3
7	PK AS 8B a5	ketara yolo yāmtsi mā	camp{a→ä}ṃ	• {23} ॥ purvvabhadravatne
8	PK AS 13K.2 a2	k· /// a2 ///	campäṃ	: nāki /// a3
9	PK NS 1143 b1	/// b1 ·s· :	c(am)pä(ṃ)	/// b2 lāñc{†ä} tak(a)
10	THT 11 b6	·e /// /// ññe	campäṃ	pā /// b7
11	THT 18 a7	40σ ///	(cam)päṃ	to(t) mīyässi /// b2
12	THT 30 b8	; mā= llek tu	campäṃ	: tu yparwe ñak;ti
13	THT 33 a3	: ṣamāññentse ; śūke	campäṃ	; tak= ānaiśai ;
14	THT 57 b2	b2 /// lyye mā	campäṃ	ksa /// b3 ///
15	THT 59 b3	/// b3 /// po	campäṃ	wents· /// b4 ///
16	THT 68 a2	kr(e)ñco : kuse po	campäṃ	/// a3 /// mäñ(ñ)e
17	THT 68 a5	a5 /// (āyo)r aitsi	cam(päṃ)	/// a6 /// b2
18	THT 330 a3	parna lantsi atameṃ mā	campäṃ	• klañtsa waipte allek
19	THT 418 b5	pättāl·e /// b5 ///	campäṃ	tu • yā ///
20	THT 618 a4	– /// a4 ///	campäṃ	krentaunampa – – /// a5