ceśäṃ

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Meaning:	“to touch”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	täkā-
Lexeme variants:	ceśäṃ; ceśaṃ

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
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	ceśäṃ	ceken-ne

Lexeme family

täk-
- täk- “to touch” gv
  - täk- “to touch” gv.prs2
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    3 ceśäṃ ceken-ne
    - ceśeṃñca “touching” ptcp.prs2
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom ceśeṃñca ceśeṃñca
    - ceśale “to touch” part.prs2
      
      sg.m
      
      nom ceśale
  - täk- “to touch” gv.subj1
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 taśim
    
    3 taśi, taśi-ne, tekäṃ-me taśyeṃ
    - takälñe “to touch” abstr.n.subj1
      
      sg
      
      nom takälñe
      
      acc takälñe
      
      loc takälñene
  - täk- “to touch” gv.pret3
    
    sg.act
    
    3 teksa, teksa-ne

Occurrences

ceśäṃ

1	IOL Toch 372 a1	a1 /// t(a)kälyñenta	ceśäṃ	• te ksa ///
2	PK AS 7M a3	• yāmorntaṃts oko ;	ceśäṃ	läkle-maiyyācc(e) 10-9 cmela artasträ
3	THT 522 a3	– ·e /// a3	ceśäṃ	entwe wat no śūwaṃ

ceśaṃ