lac

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Meaning:	“to go out, emerge”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	länt-
Lexeme variants:	lac; läcä; läc
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	6
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	latau
2	lac	latso
3	laiś, lac, läca-ne	lateṃ	ltais

Lexeme family

• länt-
  • länt- “to let go out” kaus
    • länt- “to let go out” kaus.prs9b

      	pl.act
      3	läntäskeṃ-ne

    • länt- “to let go out” kaus.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	plyatstsar-me

  • länt- “to go out, emerge” gv
    • länt- “to go out, emerge” gv.prs10a

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	lnaskau	lnaskem
      3	lnaṣṣi-ne, lnaṣṣäṃ	lännaṣyeṃ, lnaskeṃ

      • lnaskemane “going out, emerging” part.prs10a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	lnaskemane	lnaskemane	lnaskemane	lnaskemane
        acc	lnaskemane	lnaskemane	lnaskemane	lnaskemane

    • länt- “to go out, emerge” gv.subj

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	läññam, lannu
      2	läññit, lant
      3	laññi, läññi-ñ, laṃ, laṃ-ne, laṃ-me	laññeṃ, laṃ

      • lalñe “going out, leaving” abstr.n.subj

        	sg
        nom	lalñe
        acc	lalñe
        loc	lalñene

        • lälñeṣṣe “pertaining to going out, leaving” subj

          	sg.m
          nom	lälñeṣṣe
          acc	lälñeṣṣe

      • lantsi “to go out, emerge, going out, emerging” inf.n.subj

        	sg
        nom	lantsi
        acc	lantsi
        all	lantsiśc

    • länt- “to go out, emerge” gv.pret6

      	sg.act	pl.act	du.act
      1	latau
      2	lac	latso
      3	laiś, lac, läca-ne	lateṃ	ltais

      • ltu “having gone” part.pret6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	ltuweṣ, ltu		ltuweṣ
        acc	ltuweṣ	ltusai	ltuweṣ
        gen	ltuweṣepi
        loc	ltuweṣne

    • länt- “to go out, emerge” gv.imp6/7

      	pl.act
      2	platstso

Occurrences

läc

1	IOL Toch 80 b4	– pūdñäkt(e)m(eṃ) keklyewṣormeṃ pañcaśikhe	läc	leṅemeṃ śem ylaiññäkteṣc 40
2	IOL Toch 302 a3	/// a3 /// °meṃ	läc	pest ke /// a4
3	Kz-213-ZS-L01 a1	; onolme ; os(tameṃ)	läc{†a}	; snai ostäśc :
4	Kz-213-ZS-L01 a1	spärkalyñemeṃ ; (p)r(o)skaiysa :	läc	ostameṃ ; tsrermeṣe ;
5	PK AS 12J b3	amāc aiśai mäsketär b3	läc	kañcuki • täne lāntsa
6	THT 126 a1	a1 – – wertsyaisa •	läc	rīmeṃ l·· /// a2
7	THT 224 a2	krui twe pärweṣṣa ;	läc	mā a3 tri ;
8	THT 394 b6	yātkā yāmtsī s(u) (tu)meṃ	läc	pe ·i /// b7
9	THT 1305 b6	ṣäññeṃ b6 /// sko	läc	su ostmeṃ pūdñäkceścä ṣamā
10	THT 2381.c a5	/// a5 /// rmeṃ	läc	• pälkormeṃ wä lo

läcä

1

THT 388 a3

a3 stām 70-1 entwe

läcä

; snai keśä ;