ponäṣṣar

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Meaning:	“to cause to begin”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ponäṣṣar
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	4
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• aun-
  • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv
    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.prs10a

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	aunaṣṣäṃ, aunaṣṣän-me	aunastär	aunaskentär

      • aunaṣle “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” part.prs10a

        	sg.m
        nom	aunaṣle

    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	auṃ	auntär	aunantär, aunantär-ne

    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	aunasta, aunasta-ne
      3	auntsa	aunar, aunar-ñ	auntsate, auntsate-ne	auntsante, auntsante-ne

      • aunu “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	aunu

    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.imp3

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      2	pauṃ	pauntsat

  • aun- “to cause to begin” kaus
    • aun- “to cause to begin” kaus.imp4

      	sg.mid
      2	ponäṣṣar

Occurrences

ponäṣṣar

1

IOL Toch 140 b3

b3 /// ·ñ· sa

ponäṣṣar

lalaṃṣkai keb4(ktseñ) /// –