lamatsi

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Meaning:	“to sit”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	lamatsi; lamattsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-nta

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• lämā-
  • lämā- “to sit” gv
    • lämā- “to sit” gv.prs5

      	sg.act
      3	lamoy

    • lämā- “to sit” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1		lamam
      2	lāmat
      3	lamoy, lāmaṃ, lāma-ñ	lamaṃ

      • lamatsi “to sit” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	lamatsi
        acc	lamatsi

      • lamalñe “sitting” abstr.subj5

        	sg
        nom	lamalñe
        acc	lamalñe

    • lämā- “to sit” gv.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	lyāma-ne

    • lämā- “to sit” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	lyamāstā
      3	lyama, lymā-ne	lymāre	lmāte

      • lmau “having sat” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	lmoṣ, lmau		lmoṣ
        acc	lmoṣ		lmoṣ
        gen	lmoṣepi	lmoṣepi
        loc	lmoṣne

        • lmor “sitting” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	lmor
          acc	lmor
          gen	lmorntse
          abl	lmormeṃ
          perl	lmorsa

    • lämā- “to sit” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	plāma	lämās, plamās-ñ

  • läm- “to let sit, to set, to let subside” kaus
    • läm- “to let sit, to set, to let subside” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	lamäṣṣäṃ	lamästär-ne

      • lämäṣṣeñca “letting sit, setting, letting subside” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	lämäṣṣeñca	lämäṣṣeñca
        acc	lämäṣṣeñcai	lämäṣṣeñcai

      • lamäṣṣälle “to let sit, to set, to let subside” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	lamäṣṣälle

    • läm- “to let sit, to set, to let subside” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	lyāma	lyāmate, lyāmate-ne, lyāmate-me

Occurrences

lamatsi

1	IOL Toch 208 b9	b9 /// (e)nepre b(r)āhma(ṇe)ntse	lamat(s)i	– ///
2	IOL Toch 247 a3	andhavaṃ warttone masa ompalskoññe	lamatsi	• śaulassu kāḷodāye pañäkte
3	PK AS 16.3 a5	• tumeṃ sai(m) o(sk)ai	(lamatsi)	kälpāre cai a6 watesa
4	THT 331 a5	śwe meñtsa auṣap kākone	lamatsi	teri mā ṣ ste
5	THT 561 a1	kektseñ mäsketrä • laṅtse	lamaa2tsi	tsaṅkatsi mäsketrä • āraṇyāyataṃne

lamattsi

1

PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a103

• ot saṅkrām kwaṣṣai

lamatt(s)i

/// a104 teṃttsäwe kuṣaintse