stare-me

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Meaning:	“to be”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	nas-
Lexeme variants:	stare-me
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Pronoun suffix:	plural
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active; middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	ṣai-ñ, ṣai-ne, ṣai-me, ste, star-ñ, star-c, star-ne, star-me	stare, skente, skentar-ne, stare-me		ste, star-ñ, star-c, star-ne, star-me	stare, skente, skentar-ne, stare-me

Lexeme family

• nes-
  • nes- “to be” gv
    • nes- “to be” gv.prs1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act	du.act
      1	nesau	nesem
      2	nest	nescer
      3	nesäṃ, nesa-ñ, nesaṃ-c, nesäṃ-ne, nesaṃ-me	nesäṃ, nesaṃ-ne	nesteṃ

      • nesalñe “existence” abstr.msg.prs1/2

        	sg
        nom	nesalñe
        acc	nesalñe
        gen	nesalñentse
        perl	nesalyñesa
        all	nesalñeśc

        • nesalñeṣṣe “pertaining to existence” prs1/2

          	sg.m
          nom	nesalñeṣṣe
          acc	nesalñeṣṣe

      • nesamane “being” part.prs1/2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nesamane	nesamane	nesamane	nesamane
        acc	nesamane	nesamane	nesamane	nesamane

      • nesalle “having to be” part.prs1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	nesalle
        voc	nesalyu
        acc	nesalye
        gen	nesalyepi

    • nes- “to be” gv.prs

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	ṣai-ñ, ṣai-ne, ṣai-me, ste, star-ñ, star-c, star-ne, star-me	stare, skente, skentar-ne, stare-me	ste, star-ñ, star-c, star-ne, star-me	stare, skente, skentar-ne, stare-me

    • nes- “to be” gv.impf1/2

      	sg.act
      2	ṣait

    • nes- “to be” gv.impf

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ṣaim	ṣeyem
      2		ṣeycer, ṣeycer-me
      3	ṣai, ṣai-c	ṣeyeṃ

    • nes- “to be” gv.subj1
      • nestsi “to be” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	nestsi
        acc	nestsi
        loc	nestsine
        all	nestsiśc

  • tākā- “to be” gv
    • tākā- “to be” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	tākoym, tākau, tākau-c	tākoyem, tākam
      2	tākoyt, tākat	tākoycer, tākacer
      3	tākoy, tākoy-ñ, tākoy-ne, tākoy-me, tākaṃ, tākañ-c, tākaṃ-me	tākoyeṃ, tākoyeṃ-ñ, tākaṃ, tākaṃ-ne, tākaṃ-me

      • atākatte “untrue, unfounded” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	atākatte
        acc	atākacce

    • tākā- “to be” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	takāwa
      2	takāsta, takāsta-ñ	takās, takāso-ñ
      3	tāka, takā-ñ, takā-c, takā-ne, takā-me	takāre, takāre-ñ, takāre-c

      • tatākau “having been” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tatākaṣ, tatākau	tatākaṣ
        acc	tatākaṣ	tatākaṣ

        • tatākar “existence” abstr.m.pret1

          	sg
          nom	tatākar
          acc	tatākar
          loc	tatākarne
          abl	tatākarmeṃ

    • tākā- “to be” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	ptāka	ptākas

Occurrences

stare-me

1	PK AS 19.7 a3	/// a3 /// (k)ektseñi	stare-me	• – – – – – – – /// a4
2	PK Bois B18 a4	a4 mpa yakwi trai	stare-me	teṃ parra ptā a5
3	THT 187 a1	a1 /// ñenta	stare-me	yesi bauddhe /// a2