rittau

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Meaning:	“having been attached”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	rittau; rīttau; rittowo; ritt=
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

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

ritt=

1

PK AS 6B b6

postäṃ pāke ; iṣintse

ritt=

āksalyñempa 80-1 carka yetweṃ

rittau

1	IOL Toch 13 b4	b4 /// ·n· ·p(ä)mpa	rittau	waräṣṣälyñesa wīkäṣṣälle eṅkä(l) ///
2	IOL Toch 73 a1	a1 /// (s)p(a)ktāṃne ṣeym	rittau	ñ· /// a2 ///
3	PK AS 2A b1	(teka)nmane kar(ts)e (tumpa)	(ritt)au	bhant tākaṃ ot ypiye
4	PK NS 54 b6	aikarñeṣṣe ; raitwene ;	rittau	tākaṃ :
5	THT 171 a7	d· sāyasparś • sukhasaumanasyendrimpa	r(i)ttau	• /// b1 rś·ntaṃts
6	THT 197 a4	kallo warñai okt pelaikne(ntane)	(rittau)	(ste) (nemcek) vitarāg(e) ārtte-tarkañetstse
7	THT 377 a4	rne • seṃ palskompa	rittau	/// a5 rmana skāyas

rīttau

1

PK AS 6B a6

alepāṃṣṣeṃ añcāṃṣṣeṃ ; raitwenta

rīttau

a7 (mäsk)ītär 70-8 mäskemane

rittowo

1	IOL Toch 12 a3	ṣey tu-yknesa ; śarwarñempa	rittowo	: śakuse kāñmai tsaipenne
2	IOL Toch 228 a4	/// no reki ecce	rit(t)o(w)o	/// a5 /// (ṣe)k
3	PK AS 5C a3	; snai pelempa ;	rittowo	; śaul ārttoymar 30-1
4	THT 3 b6	; su ṣp laklempa	rittowo	; mā no wnolmy
5	THT 41 a5	; śaiṣṣempa se ;	rittowo	: yśelmetse śaiṣ;ṣe cwi