pāyāsta

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Meaning:	“to lead, guide, drive”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wā-
Lexeme variants:	pāyāsta
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pāyāsta
3	wāya	wayāre, wayāre-ne		wayāte, wayāte-ne	wayānte

Lexeme family

• wāyā-
  • wāyā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv
    • wāyā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1			wāyoymar, wāyoymar-me
      3	wāyoy, wayaṃ	wāyaṃ, wāyau-me

      • wāyatsi “to lead, guide, drive” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wāyatsi
        acc	wāyatsi

      • wāyalle “to lead, guide, drive” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	wāyalle

    • wāyā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	pāyāsta
      3	wāya	wayāre, wayāre-ne	wayāte, wayāte-ne	wayānte

      • wawāyau “to lead, guide, drive” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wawāyaṣ, wawāyau	wawāyaṣ
        acc	wawāyaṣ	wawāyaṣ

    • wāyā- “to lead, guide, drive” gv.imp1

      	sg.mid
      2	pwāyar-me