laitaṃ

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Meaning:	“to fall (down, off), abandon, move away”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	litā-
Lexeme variants:	laitaṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3		laitaṃ

Lexeme family

• litā-
  • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv
    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	laitotär	laitontär

      • laitomane “falling (down, off), abandoning, moving away” part.prs4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	laitomane	laitomane	laitomane	laitomane
        acc	laitomane	laitomane	laitomane	laitomane

    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.subj5

      	pl.act
      3	laitaṃ

      • laitalñe “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	laitalñe
        acc	laitalñe

    • litā- “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	lita

      • lalaitau “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	lalaitau

      • litau “to fall (down, off), abandon, move away” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	litau

Occurrences

laitaṃ

1	PK AS 7G a1	cey{†ä} (on)olmi ; nraiy{n}tameṃ	laitaṃ	; nrain(e) /// 6σ
2	PK AS 7G a2	ra lwāsameṃ ; pretenmeṃ	laitaṃ	; śāmnāmeṃ wat ;
3	PK AS 7G a2	; śāmnāmeṃ wat ;	laitaṃ	wtentse ; tänmaskenträ ;
4	PK AS 7G a2	ñäkte{ṃ}meṃ wat no ;	laitaṃ	näno(k) yñ(a)kteṃ ; tänmaskentra
5	THT 1119 b3	/// /// (ṣar)n(e)meṃ vājär	laitaṃ	sū nta kca tane
6	THT 1275 b1	b1 /// – śāyormeṃ	laitaṃ	su /// b2 ///