pyāmtsar

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Meaning:	“to do”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yām-
Lexeme variants:	pyāmtsar
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pyām	pyāmtso		pyāmtsar	pyāmtsat	pyāmtsait
3

Lexeme family

• yām-
  • yām- “to do” gv
    • yām- “to do” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yamaskau, yāmäskau-c		yamaskemar	yamaskemtär
      2	yamast, yamast-ne	maścer	yamastar
      3	yamaṣṣi, yamaṣṣäṃ, yamaṣṣäṃ-c, yamaṣṣäṃ-ne	yamaṣyeṃ, yamaṣyeñ-c, yamaskeṃ	yamaṣṣitär, yamastär	yamaṣyentär, yamaskentär

      • yamaṣṣälle “to be done” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaṣṣälle	yamaṣṣälya	yamaṣṣälyi	yamaṣṣällona
        acc				yamaṣṣällona
        gen	yamaṣṣälyepi

      • yamaṣṣeñca “doing” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaṣṣeñca, yamaṣeñca, yamäṣeñca, yāmṣeñca	yamaṣṣeñca, yamaṣeñca, yamäṣeñca, yāmṣeñca		yamaṣṣeñcana
        voc	yāmṣeñcai
        acc	yamaṣeñcai	yamaṣeñcai	yamaṣṣeñcaṃ, yāmṣeñcaṃ	yamaṣṣeñcaṃ, yāmṣeñcaṃ, yamaṣṣeñcana

      • yamaskemane “doing” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane
        acc	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane

    • yām- “to do” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yamim	yamyem, yamem	yamīmar, yāmmar	yamiyemtär, yamamtär
      2	yāmt	yamīcer	yāmītār, yāmtar
      3	yāmi, yami-ne, yāmäṃ, yamaṃ-ne	yāmyeṃ, yāmeṃ	yamītär, yāmtär	yamantär

      • yamalñe “doing” abstr.m.subj1/2

        	sg	pl
        nom	yamalñe	yamalñenta
        acc	yamalñe	yamalñenta
        gen	yamalñentse
        loc	yamalñene	yamalñentane
        abl	yamalyñemeṃ
        perl	yamalñesa

      • ayāmätte “to do” priv.subj1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	ayāmätte

      • yāmtsi “to do” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	yāmtsi
        acc	yāmtsi
        perl	yāmtsisa
        all	yāmtsiśc

      • yamalle “to be done” part.subj1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	yamalle
        acc	yamalye
        gen	yamalyepi

    • yām- “to do” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      1	yāmu, yamu-c, yamū-me

    • yām- “to do” gv.pret4

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yāmṣawa	maṣam	yāmṣamai	yamaṣṣamnte
      2	yamaṣṣasta, yamaṣṣasta-ne	yāmṣaso	yamaṣatai	yamaṣat
      3	yamaṣṣa, yamaṣṣa-me	yāmṣare, yamaṣṣare, yamaṣṣare-ne, yamaṣṣare-me	yamaṣṣate, yamaṣṣate-ñ	yamaṣṣante

      • yāmu “having done” part.pret4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yāmoṣ, yāmu	yāmusa	yāmoṣ	yāmuwa
        acc	yāmoṣ		yāmoṣäṃ, yāmoṣ	yāmuwa
        gen	yāmoṣepi

        • yāmor “deed, act, action” n.pret4

          	sg	pl
          nom	yāmor	yāmornta
          acc	yāmor	yāmornta
          gen	yāmorntse	yāmorntaṃts
          loc	yāmorne
          abl	yāmormeṃ
          perl	yāmorsa	yāmorntasa

          • yāmorṣṣe “pertaining to the deed(s)” pret4

            	sg.m
            nom	yāmorṣṣe
            acc	yāmorṣṣe

          • yāmortstse “having a deed” pret4

            	sg.m
            nom	yāmortstse
            acc	yāmorcce
            gen	yāmorccepi

    • yām- “to do” gv.imp3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
      2	pyām	pyāmtso	pyāmtsar	pyāmtsat	pyāmtsait

  • yamaṣṣuki “participant”

    	sg
    nom	yamaṣṣuki

  • yāmi “doer”

    	sg
    nom	yāmi
    acc	yāmi
    gen	yamintse

Occurrences

pyāmtsar

1	IOL Toch 109 b6	b6 /// ñake paucciṃ	pyāmtsar	tom a(rṣāklaimeṃ) ///
2	PK LC 20 a2	/// a2 /// (ai)śai	pyāmtsar	। ceṃ yakṣaṃ ete
3	PK LC 20 a4	ayāmäte a4 /// aiśśai	pyām(tsa)r	n· st·a si mā
4	THT 42 a4	aiśeñca ; ñake paucciṃ	pyāmtsar	; tom arṣāklaimeṃ :
5	THT 107 a10	; täṅkwaññeñcai ; yneś	pyāb1mtsar	: purwar ce pinwāt
6	THT 128 a5	empreṃ pilko ; lāre	pyāmtsar	; yän(m)ā(star) (o);(ko) (tu)a6(nts)e
7	THT 367 b2	; ñaktentsa ; aiśai	pyāmtsar	; ñi /// 2σ
8	THT 606 a1	a1 ///	pyāmtsar	calle walke lyat ॥
9	THT 1106 a2	ka ṣpä ñake palskone	pyāmtsar	mäkte ce ·k· – – –
10	THT 1106 a5	aiśai te	pyāmtsar	śaulasū ñiś – – – – – – – – – (eṅkaske)mar
11	THT 1106 b2	s(e) – – – – – aiśai te	pyāmtsar	• śaulasu ñiś te
12	THT 1106 b5	ce ñi aiśai te	pyāmtsar	śau(lasu) – – – – –
13	THT 1108 a5	ka ṣpä ñ(ak)e p(a)l(sk)one	pyāmtsar	mäkte te pātro śuke
14	THT 1108 b1	ce ñi aiśai te	pyāmtsar	śaulasu ñiś b2
15	THT 1109 b5	we(k)ts(e) poñ aiśai te	pyāmtsar	śaulasū ñ(i)ś – – –
16	THT 2706 a2	āś empelle palsko tswaśke	pyāmtsar	a kā rsa