raitwenta

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Meaning:	“combination, juncture, attachment”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	retwe
Lexeme variants:	raitwenta
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-enta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	raitwe	raitwenta
voc
acc	raitwe	raitwenta
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• rittā-
  • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus
    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	rittäskau
      3	rittäṣṣäṃ	rittäskeṃ, rittäskeñ-c, rittäsken-me

      • rittäskemane “connecting, adapting, setting about” “translating” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane
        acc	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane	rittäskemane

      • rittäṣṣälle “connecting” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	rittäṣṣälle

      • rittäṣṣeñca “connecting, adapting, setting about” “translating” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	rittäṣṣeñca	rittäṣṣeñca	rittäṣṣeñcañ

    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	raittasta
      3		raittate	raittante

      • rerittu “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” part.pret2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	rerittoṣ, rerittu	rerittoṣ
        acc	rerittoṣ	rerittoṣ

    • ritt- “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” kaus.subj9b
      • rittästsi “to connect, adapt, set about, to translate” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	rittästsi
        acc	rittästsi

  • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv
    • raitwe “combination, juncture, attachment” n

      	sg	pl
      nom	raitwe	raitwenta
      acc	raitwe	raitwenta

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		rittemntär
      3	rittetär, rittetär-me

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	rittoytär, rittātär

      • rittālñe “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	rittālñe
        acc	rittālñe
        abl	rittālñemeṃ
        perl	rittālñesa

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	rittāwa
      3	ritta

      • rittau “having been attached” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	rittoṣ, rittau	rittausa	rittoṣ	rittauwa
        acc	rittoṣ		rittoṣ	rittauwa

    • rittā- “to be attached to, linked to, persist, to be suitable” gv.imp

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	prittāso	pärrittar	pärīttat

Occurrences

raitwenta

1	PK AS 6B a6	: alepāṃṣṣeṃ añcāṃṣṣeṃ ;	raitwenta	rīttau a7 (mäsk)ītär 70-8
2	PK AS 16.1 a2	me purohite sārrine tel{k}anma{ṣ}ṣeṃ	raitwe{nta}	ritäskea3(mane) /// ts{†ä} tirinta