rittäṣṣäṃ

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Meaning:	“to connect, adapt, set about, to translate”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ritw-
Lexeme variants:	rittäṣṣäṃ; rittaṣṣäṃ; rittaṣäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	rittäskau
2
3	rittäṣṣäṃ	rittäskeṃ, rittäskeñ-c, rittäsken-me

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

rittaṣṣäṃ

1	PK NS 68 a3	(klaiṃ) (e) a3 ṅw(e)nämpa	rittaṣṣäṃ	(eṅweṃ) (wat) (klainämpa) (rittaṣṣäṃ)
2	PK NS 68 a3	rittaṣṣäṃ (eṅweṃ) (wat) (klainämpa)	(rittaṣṣäṃ)	/// a4 /// ṣañ
3	THT 1109 a4	saim (pä)rma(ṅk) y(o)lomeṃ – – – – – –	(ritta)ṣṣ(äṃ)	kuse ṅke tañ tane

rittäṣṣäṃ

1	IOL Toch 396 a4	yamaṣṣäṃ • klaiṃ eṅwenämpa	rittäṣṣäṃ	• – /// a5
2	THT 128 a1	5σ a1 ; ym(e)s(a)	rittäṣṣäṃ	; ścīre rano ;

rittaṣäṃ

1

THT 1109 a3

– – – (y)olo(m)eṃ (a)l(asträ) (ka)r(ts)ene

rittaṣä(ṃ)

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