plāma

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Meaning:	“to sit”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lämā-
Lexeme variants:	plāma
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	plāma	lämās, plamās-ñ
3

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

plāma

1	PK AS 17F b4	(weṣṣäṃ) ॥ s(t)emiyene ॥	plāma	kly(omai) ; b5 snai
2	THT 286 a3	; 1σ /// śka	plāma	: tune ṅke twe
3	THT 358.e a1	a1 /// s(a)rkn(e)	plām(a)	/// a2 /// t(a)ne