ersatai

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Meaning:	“to evoke, cause”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ar-
Lexeme variants:	ersatai
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				ersamai
2				ersatai
3				ersate, ersate-ne	ersante

Lexeme family

• er-
  • er- “to evoke, cause” gv
    • er- “to evoke, cause” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	erṣäṃ	erseṃ	erṣtär	erṣyentär, ersentär

      • erṣalle “to evoke, cause” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	erṣalle

      • erṣeñca “evoking, causing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	erṣeñca	erṣeñca	erṣeñcañ	erṣeñcana
        acc	erṣeñcai	erṣeñcai		erṣeñcana
        comit	erṣeñcaimpa, erṣṣeñcaimpa	erṣeñcaimpa, erṣṣeñcaimpa

    • er- “to evoke, cause” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		erimar, ermar
      2		eritar, ertar
      3	eri	eritär, ertär	eräntär

      • ertsi “to evoke, cause” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	ertsi
        acc	ertsi
        all	ertsiśc

      • erälyñe “to evoke, cause” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	erälyñe
        acc	erälyñe
        perl	erälyñesa

    • er- “to evoke, cause” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	ersamai
      2	ersatai
      3	ersate, ersate-ne	ersante

      • eru “having evoked, caused” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	eroṣ, eru	eroṣ
        acc	eroṣ	eroṣ

    • er- “to evoke, cause” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	persar	persat

Occurrences

ersatai

1	PK NS 266A a1	a1 ///	ersatai	pkarsas r· /// a2
2	THT 223.a b1	/// b1 /// w·	ersatai	palsk(o) – /// b2
3	THT 398 b6	/// b6 /// palskw	ersatai	poyśiṃñe ///