ritatsi

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Meaning:	“to seek, long for, cherish (a wish), seeking, longing for, cherish”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ritatsi; rītatsī; ritasi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

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

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

ritatsi

1

THT 1574 b1

tañ klyinaṣä-ś sak lakle

ritatsi

parktsi saṅkantse • iśśapakentse

rītatsī

1

THT 137 a4

ket rā yolo ;

rītatsī

; /// a5 ///

ritasi

1

THT 107 a7

warttone ; dakṣiṇākeṃ ;

ritasi

; wrocce{†ṃ} rṣākeṃ :