ruwim

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Meaning:	“(act. tr.) to open”; “(mid. itr.) to open”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ru-
Lexeme variants:	ruwim
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	ruwim	ruwäm
2	rewät
3

Lexeme family

• ru-
  • ru- “(act. tr.) to open” “(mid. itr.) to open” gv
    • ru- “(act. tr.) to open” “(mid. itr.) to open” gv.prs8

      	pl.mid
      3	rusentär

    • ru- “(act. tr.) to open” “(mid. itr.) to open” gv.subj3

      	pl.mid
      3	ruwyentär

    • ru- “(act. tr.) to open” “(mid. itr.) to open” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ruwim	ruwäm
      2	rewät

      • rutsi “(act. tr.) to open” “(mid. itr.) to open” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	rutsi
        acc	rutsi

Occurrences

ruwim

1	PK AS 5C a6	empreṃ ; ṣarnesa ;	ruwim	yenme : kselläññeṣṣe ;
2	PK NS 25 and 26 b4	(emprenma) ; (ṣarnesa) ;	(ruwim)	(yenme) (:) (ksellä)b5ññeṣṣe ;