ritāte

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Meaning:	“to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ritā-
Lexeme variants:	ritāte; rītāte
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2				ritātai
3				ritāte

Lexeme family

• ritā-
  • ritā- “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” gv
    • rita “seeker” m

      	sg
      nom	rita

    • ritā- “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	ritanaṃ	ritanatär-ś

    • ritā- “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	ritamar, rītamar-ne
      3	ritoytär, rītatär	ritantär

      • ritale “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	ritale

      • ritatsi “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish), seeking, longing for, cherish” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	ritatsi
        acc	ritatsi

      • rītalñe “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	rītalñe
        acc	rītalñe

    • ritā- “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      2	ritātai
      3	ritāte

      • ritau “having sought, longed for, cherished” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	ritau	ritauwa
        acc		ritauwa

        • ritor “seeking” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	ritor
          acc	ritor
          abl	ritormeṃ

    • ritā- “to seek, long for, cherish (a wish)” gv.imp1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	prītar	prītat

Occurrences

ritāte

1	IOL Toch 263 a2	a2 /// – sāw	ritāte	speltke – /// a3
2	THT 22 a8	(wasa) ; trīcīwär (60-9)	(ri)tāte	akālk ; sorro(mp) k(l)āya

rītāte

1

THT 365 a5

; ṣamāññe ot ;

rītāte

āśc ; (mä)rtkā(t)e (t)ā(n)e