plye_usa

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Meaning:	“to float, fly, soar”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	plu-
Lexeme variants:	plyeusa; plyewsa
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• plu-
  • plu- “to let fly, soar” kaus
    • plu- “to let fly, soar” kaus.subj9b
      • plyustsi “to let fly, soar” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	plyustsi
        acc	plyustsi

  • plu- “to float, fly, soar” gv
    • plewe “raft, boat” m

      	sg
      nom	plewe
      acc	plewe
      perl	plewesa

    • plu- “to float, fly, soar” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	pluṣṣi-ñ, pluṣäṃ, pluṣa-ñ, pluṣañ-c	pluseṃ

    • plu- “to float, fly, soar” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      3	pluwi, plyewä-ñ

      • pluwälyñe “to float, fly, soar” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	pluwälyñe
        acc	pluwälyñe

    • plu- “to float, fly, soar” gv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	plyeusa

Occurrences

plye_usa

1

THT 365 a3

akāśne tusa k(akāc)cu ;

ply(e)usa

su keucä ; ñeñmu

plyewsa

1	PK AS 17A a6	– – reye wekārsa iprerne	plyewsa	kau(c) yāmu ṣukt naumīyenta
2	PK NS 39 b2	ṣṣ(e) ; samudrä ;	plyewsa	ṣañ • nai =ntse
3	THT 386 a4	iprerne ; rmer ka	plyewsa	60-8 kuntsaññe ; mā
4	THT 1551 b3	t· – /// b3	plyewsa	ram no skwaṣṣe iprerne