ertsi

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Meaning:	“to evoke, cause”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ertsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

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

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

ertsi

1	Dd 6.2 a1	/// la weñau ñke	ertsi	a /// a2 ///
2	IOL Toch 24 a2	; pelaikne : waimen=	ertsi	; krentauna ; mai°
3	PK AS 7I b6	(wertsyaisa) (klyau)b6ṣ(ts)i katkauñai mā;ka	(ertsi)	; mäsketär ; su
4	THT 11 a3	; ṣ(a)mān(eṃ)ts ; mrauskalñ=	ertsi	/// /// ·enträ tne
5	THT 12 b5	; /// 4σ 7σ	(e)b6rtsi	campi 20-9 tumeṃ poyśi
6	THT 41 a6	saim yāmu ; yātaṃ	ertsi	: upekṣindrin;tampa se ;
7	THT 281 a3	; pälskone mā ;	ertsi	preke : (mā) (tsäṅkoṣ)
8	THT 281 a3	ce ; kärtsauñe ;	ertsi	preke : tsäṅkowa kren;taunaṣṣen
9	THT 281 a5	maimatsäññe ; aiśämñe ;	ertsi	a6 (pre)ke : (p)o
10	THT 282 a2	yaskasträ cmelaṣṣe añmālaṣle ;	ertsi	yesäñ ; aikne ste
11	THT 596 b2	watkäskau ketara kartsene eṃttse	ertsi	b3 /// kartsene eṃtse
12	THT 1165.b b4	·k· /// b4 kauc	ertsi	päst sru /// b5