kwäsnātär

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Meaning:	“to lament”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kwäsnātär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				kwäsnātär	kusnontär

Lexeme family

• kwäsā-
  • kwäsā- “to lament” gv
    • kwäsā- “to lament” gv.prs6

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	kwäsnātär	kusnontär

      • kwasnāmane “lamenting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane
        acc	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane	kwasnāmane

    • kwäsā- “to lament” gv.subj5
      • kwasalñe “lamentation” abstr.m.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kwasalñe
        acc	kwasalñe

        • kwasalñeṣṣe “pertaining to lamentation” subj5

          	sg.m	sg.f
          nom	kwasalñeṣṣe	kwasalñeṣṣa
          acc	kwasalñeṣṣe