spāwäṣar

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Meaning:	“to reduce”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	spāwäṣar
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	4
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3		spāwäṣar

Lexeme family

• spāwā-
  • spāwā- “to subside, diminish” gv
    • spāwā- “to subside, diminish” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid
      3	spowotär

    • spāwā- “to subside, diminish” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	spāwaṃ

      • aspāwatte “to subside, diminish” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	aspāwatte

    • spāwā- “to subside, diminish” gv.pret1

      	pl.act
      3	spawāre-ñ

  • spāw- “to reduce” kaus
    • spāw- “to reduce” kaus.pret4

      	pl.act
      3	spāwäṣar

Occurrences

spāwäṣar

1

SI 1877 a3

a3 sa śānta parra

spāwäṣar

• saṅkatāse kwañpe śiṅkrontse