masa

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	masa; massā; mas=

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	masa, msā-c, msā-ne, msā-me

Lexeme family

mäs-
- mäs- “to go” gv
  - mäs- “to go” gv.pret1
    
    sg.act
    
    3 masa, msā-c, msā-ne, msā-me
  - mäs- “to go” gv.pret1/3
    
    sg.act
    
    2 masta

	sg.act
3	masa, msā-c, msā-ne, msā-me

	sg.act
2	masta

Occurrences

masa

1	IOL Toch 11 b1	17σ /// (a)sānmeṃ – –	masa	rāj(ag)r(ine) /// b2 17σ
2	IOL Toch 247 a3	niṣīdaṃ kamāte andhavaṃ warttone	masa	ompalskoññe lamatsi • śaulassu
3	IOL Toch 247 a4	śaulassu kāḷodāye pañäkte oa4mpostäṃ	masa	• pañäkte alyekä kca
4	IOL Toch 278 a2	/// k(a)kāccu ñäkciye śaiṣṣene	masa	/// a3 /// °lo
5	Is-001-ZS-L-01 a1	śitkāl no yurpāṣkaine	masa	tuntse ṣotri paiyka
6	Is-001-ZS-Z-02 a1	preṣti lyāka palkasi śka	masa
7	Kizil WD-II-3 b6	trice śakk-wine candradew(e) pār(r)ä	masa	kles(e) b7 trice
8	Kizil WD-II-3 b9	cokomak ṣ{a→e}masene ri	masa	kles(e) sāle kam(āte)
9	Kz-039-ZS-R-01 a1	rṣāke kalyanak(e) päs	masa	tutse ṣotri
10	PK AS 6D b6	akṣā-ne ṣp pelaikne :	masa	ṣeske s(nai) (airṣaitsäññe) ;
11	PK AS 13E a1	pātri yṣūwarkañene alyek śaiṣṣene	masa	॥ – /// 9σ
12	PK AS 17A b1	ṣukt naumīyenta kauṃ-pib1(r)k(o)ṣṣai k(al)ym(ine)	ma(sa)	c(akravārt)t(i) w(a)lo ra ॥
13	PK DA M 507.5 b2	piś 20-5 b2 ///	masa	pito cāneṃ wsāwa-ne b3
14	PK DA M 507.5 b2	piś 20-5 b2 ///	masa	pito cāneṃ wsāwa-ne b3
15	PK DA M 507.14 a1	a1 /// śiktālyeś ysāre	masa	cakaa2(nma) /// (m)okoṃ ci{ptenau→naupte}ntse
16	PK DA M 507.14 a1	a1 /// śiktālyeś ysāre	masa	cakaa2(nma) /// (m)okoṃ ci{ptenau→naupte}ntse
17	PK DA M 507.15 a3	1 a3 /// lyekśi{ye}	masa	wi cakanma 2 a4
18	PK DA M 507.15 a4	a4 /// °pä lyekśiye	masa	ṣuk cakanma 7 ṣuk
19	PK DA M 507.15 a5	tom 7 a5 ///	masa	śak ṣe cakanma tow
20	PK DA M 507.15 a4	a4 /// °pä lyekśiye	masa	ṣuk cakanma 7 ṣuk
21	PK DA M 507.15 a5	7 a5 ///	masa	śak ṣe cakanma towä
22	PK DA M 507.21 a2	a2 /// – ysāre	masa	cāk 1 a3 ///
23	PK DA M 507.21 a3	a3 /// ś ysāre	masa	wi caka° a4 ///
24	PK DA M 507.21 a2	a2 /// – ysāre	masa	cāk 1 a3 ///
25	PK DA M 507.21 a3	a3 /// ś ysāre	masa	wi cakaa4(nma) /// °piśka
26	PK DA M 507.23 a10	piś cakanma tune-k pito	masa	piś tom 5 a11
27	PK DA M 507.23 a10	piś cakanma tune-k pito	masa	piś tom 5 a11
28	PK DA M 507.28 a9	1 /// a9 śwelyāṅkne	masa	towä /// a10 ñwemaṣṣe
29	PK DA M 507.28 a9	1 /// a9 śwelyāṅkne	masa	towä /// a10 ñwemaṣṣe
30	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a30	epiṅkte teṃ coṅkśiś päs	masa	• ñake cipaiśe śātre
31	PK DA M 507.38 a52	ṣene kercapiśke ysāre wālsa(si)	(masa)	p(i)t(o) aiss(i) pt(a)m(a)ṣṣeṃ cāneṃ
32	PK DA M 507.38 a52	ṣene kercapiśke y{s}āre wālsa(si)	(masa)	p(i)t(o) aiss(i) pt(a)m(a)ṣṣeṃ cāneṃ
33	PK DA M 507.39 and .43 a1	-meṃ ma(nte) – – – – – – lyekśyiye	masa	śak a2 wi cakanma
34	PK DA M 507.39 and .43 a2	cakanma towä piś yap	masa	cāk maṅkāra /// ///
35	PK DA M 507.39 and .43 a1	meñantsemeṃ ma(nte) – – – – – – lyekśyiye	masa	śak a2 wi cakanma
36	PK DA M 507.39 and .43 a2	cakanma towä piś yap	masa	cāk maṅkāra /// ///
37	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a4	śak ṣene kercapiśke wā(ltsasi)	(masa)	(pito) (aitsi) (ptamaṣeṃ) (cā)neṃ
38	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a5	ṣene (kercapiśke) (ysāre) wāltsasi	masa	a6 ptamaṣeṃ cāneṃ wsāwa-ne
39	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a4	ṣene kercapiśke ysāre wā(ltsasi)	(masa)	(pito) (aitsi) (ptamaṣeṃ) (cā)neṃ
40	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 a5	ṣene (kercapiśke) (ysāre) wāltsasi	masa	a6 ptamaṣeṃ cāneṃ wsāwa-ne
41	PK NS 44 a5	a5 /// skloksa ma(nt)e	ma(sa)	omp yasna lyāka –
42	THT 5 a3	jetavaṃne ; pudñäkteś ;	masa	yarke ; ynāñmñesa :
43	THT 16 b5	(tw) (akṣā-ne) ; (amā)c	masa	; lānte tw ākṣa
44	THT 18 a1	tw akṣā-ne ; amāc	masa	; lānte tw ākṣa
45	THT 23 b3	ceṃts ; akalṣlyepi ;	masa	ostaś : weña sw
46	THT 23 b6	: śeśwer ompostäṃ ;	masa	pudñäk;tentse tw ākṣa :
47	THT 25 a6	/// tr· kamāte ;	masa	tāwäś ; śmān= enepre
48	THT 42 a2	/// kisa 10-8	masa	sw= ārhānte cau ;
49	THT 49 a6	/// (ca);r(i)tne kca 6	masa	ṣañ ce_u ; ostä(ś)c(o)
50	THT 103 a5	knetär-ñ /// a5 ne	masa	॥ walo weṣṣäṃ masa
51	THT 103 a5	masa ॥ walo weṣṣäṃ	masa	ña /// a6 ṣärpsemane
52	THT 107 a2	; lau mā ṣ	masa	: palska toyna ;
53	THT 107 a5	upage ājivike eṣerñāna etsuwai	masa	weñā-meś ṣerśkana ñiś ostameṃ
54	THT 107 a7	ytāri a7	masa	॥ tesakaccāmne ॥ nānda
55	THT 109 b9	– – b9 /// (ra)mer	masa	///
56	THT 337 b2	mā aiskau-cä sū sārine	masa	śrāddheṃ aśrāddheṃśc tā_u plāc
57	THT 424 b6	/// b6 °ka yentukeṃne	masa	/// b7 agāmnta ṣañ
58	THT 433 a2	a2 /// (ka)ntiś yikṣye	masa	o(k) t(o)m /// a3
59	THT 433 a22	kantine śwālene a22 yikṣye	masa	cāk wi tom ÷
60	THT 433 a28	śle trukāle kantiś yikṣye	masa	śwāra /// (pi)a29ś ṣaṅkäṃ
61	THT 434 a5	ṣuk meñantsene kapyāres klese	masa	tarya tom wākte wi
62	THT 435 a3	śwerne 10-1 kapyāres klese	masa	tarya tom wākte tau
63	THT 435 a5	a5 pälekne kapyāres klese	masa	wi tom wākte tau
64	THT 440 a1	– kapy(ā)r(e)s ÷ kl(e)s(e)	masa	tarya t(o)m /// a2
65	THT 441 a3	śarsa ¤ a3 ///	masa	tarya tom trokol wi
66	THT 442 a1	a1 /// (kapy)ā(r)e(s) k(l)ese	masa	tarya tom amokces yikṣye
67	THT 443 JOIN a2	a2 /// (kapyā)res klese	masa	tarya tom piś ṣaṅkäṃ
68	THT 443 JOIN a4	a4 /// (kapy)ā(res) klese	masa	tarya tom tälaikantsaṃs yikṣye
69	THT 450 a2	āryawa(rme) /// a2 ///	masa	tau piś (ṣaṅkäṃ) ///
70	THT 451 a2	– yṣiñe cokiś ṣalywe	masa	ṣaṅk ywārtsa kewye a3
71	THT 1173 b3	mā ve rñi ṣarya	masa	päst yñakteṃ ma t·
72	THT 1327 b5	b5 /// – lyapotse	masa	mā ṣṣ olyapo ///
73	THT 1340.d b3	ñca 7 tumeṃ ānande	masa	/// b4 /// ceśc
74	THT 2688 a4	ikäṃ ṣene sāṅkiś ṣalywe	ma(sa)	/// a5 wi kalāśśiṃ
75	THT 2688 a8	a8 ṣkasne sāṅkiś {ṣa}lywe	masa	(wi) kalāśśiṃ /// a9
76	THT 2689 a10	a10 /// sāṅkiś ṣalywe	masa	wi kalāśś(iṃ) k(e)wy(e) saṅkatse
77	THT 2689 a11	/// a11 (s)ā(ṅk)i(ś) (ṣa)lywe	masa	wi kalāśśiṃ kewye śak
78	THT 2691 a3	a3 – – opiṃne ṣalywe	masa	traiy ṣaṅkäṃ kewye ///
79	THT 2692 a5	klyinaṣṣime śomo rine mā	masa	śo(mo) a6 – – n·
80	THT 2703.b a5	a5 /// (kapyā)res wākte	masa	tau kle(s)e ///
81	THT 2704 a1	/// (o)kne kapyāres klese	masa	/// a2 /// (pañcwa)rike
82	THT 2704 a3	a3 /// (ka)pyāres klese	masa	piś tom /// a4
83	THT 2705 a4	klese wi tom trokol	mas(a)	/// a5 /// (pañcwar)i(k)e
84	THT 2705 a6	a6 /// (kapy)āres klese	masa	wi tom trokol wi
85	THT 2709 a4	/// n· ·eś yok	masa	kä(nte) ///
86	THT 2710 a1	a1 /// (co)kiś teske	masa	ṣuktaka tarya tanā
87	THT 2713 a2	/// a2 /// (ṣa)ly(we)	masa	ṣaṅk wi kal(āśśiṃ) ///
88	THT 2720 a1	a1 – – ṣalywe	ma(sa)	/// a2 /// (śa)k
89	THT 2720 a5	/// (n)e sāṅkiś ṣalywe	ma(sa)	/// a6 /// ·ai
90	THT 2724 and 2769 a6	(śak) (ṣka)sne sāṅkiś ṣalywe	masa	sanai /// a7 ///
91	THT 2745 a3	kle(s)e /// a3 yikṣye	masa	piś ṣ(aṅkäṃ) /// b1
92	THT 2746 a2	sāṅkiś /// a2 klese	masa	tau ·i ///
93	THT 2757 a1	a1 /// (kapy)ā(r)es klese	masa	tarya tom wākte tau
94	THT 2760 a2	/// a2 /// k(le)se	masa	tau pi(ś) /// a3
95	THT 2763.c a1	a1 /// (kle)s(e)	m(a)sa	wi tom /// a2
96	THT 2763.d a1	/// r(e)s kl(e)se	m(asa)	/// a2 /// mye
97	THT 2833 a4	/// a4 /// klese	masa	tau piś· ///
98	THT 2835.b a3	¤ /// a3 ///	(ma)sa	ṣaṅk kewye ṣukne ṣaṅk
99	THT 2841 a3	/// (meñan)ts(e)n(e) kapyāres klese	masa	wi tom piś ṣaṅkäṃ
100	THT 2843 a3	a3 /// (sā)ṅkiś ṣalywe	masa	ṣaṅk kewye ÷ ///
101	THT 2844 a1	a1 /// (sāṅ)kiś ṣalywe	masa	ṣaṅk kewye ikäṃ ṣukne
102	THT 2846.b a1	kapyāreṃ opiṃn(e) ṣ(a)lyw(e)	masa	ṣuk ṣaṅkäṃ kewy(e) ///
103	THT 2851.a a3	wi meñan(ts)ene sāṅkiś ṣalywe	ma(sa)	/// a4 /// (kew)y(e)
104	THT 2855 a2	a2 /// (sāṅ)k(i)ś ṣalywe	m(asa)	(ṣaṅk) kewye ikäṃ wine
105	THT 2855 a6	¤ /// a6 ///	(ma)sa	ṣaṅk (k)e(wy)e
106	THT 2858 a2	a2 /// (s)ā(ṅk)iś ṣalywe	masa	(ṣa)ṅk k(ewye) /// a3
107	THT 2864 a2	a2 /// (sā)ṅkiś ṣalywe	masa	ṣaṅk kewye /// a3
108	THT 2871 a1	a1 ///	masa	wi kalāśśi{ṃ} ÷ ///
109	THT 2872 a2	a2 /// (sāṅk)iś ṣalywe	ma(sa)	/// b1 ¤
110	THT 2936 a2	a2 /// (sāṅk)i(ś) ṣaly(w)e	ma(sa)	///

massā

1	THT 133 a3	karuṇ ; orocce :	(ma)ssā	yopsā ; pudñäkte ;

THT 133 a3

karuṇ ; orocce :

(ma)ssā

yopsā ; pudñäkte ;

mas=

1	PK AS 7O a1	: centsa nätkowo ;	mas=	(e)kwalatte ytāri ; c·
2	THT 16 b5	b5 ;	(mas=)	(āmācimśco) ; (po) (tw)
3	THT 18 a1	klyauṣa sū śaumo ;	mas=	āmāciṃśco ; po tw
4	THT 23 b6	20-3 a(l)l(o)ṅkn= ostwaśco ;	mas=	ānande ; ot pintwāto
5	THT 34 a1	a1 – – pr·k·	mas=	akāśn(e) – vṛddhisa orne
6	THT 108 b5	; lyama śama ;	mas=	orkäntai ; lek yamaṣṣa