ritau

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Meaning:	“having sought, longed for, cherished”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ritau
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ritau			ritauwa
voc
acc				ritauwa
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

ritau

1	THT 107 b1	mai no knetär-me ;	ritau	akālk ; laukaññe :
2	THT 107 b8	rano ;	ritau	akālk ; käñiyoytär •
3	THT 387.i b2	/// b2 /// lk	ritau
4	THT 2808 a2	ynāmñenta yukiñcai ñā sa	ritau	– – ceṃ pratiṃntsa preksau