ceśale

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Meaning:	“to touch”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ceśale
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	P-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

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

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

ceśale

1

THT 335 a4

kpa a4 /// –

ceśale

te maṃntä akalye yamaa5(ṣäle)