tessa

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Meaning:	“(act.) to put, set, place”; “(mid.) to place oneself”; “(pass.) to be compared”; “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tā-
Lexeme variants:	tessa
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	tessa	tesare, tesar-ne		tässāte	tässānte

Lexeme family

• tās-
  • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv
    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.subj/prs2

      	sg.act
      1	tāsau

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	taṣtar-ñ
      3	taṣītär	taṣīyeṃtär

      • taṣalle “having to be put” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	taṣalle

      • tasemane “being compared to, comparable” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tasemane	tasemane	tasemane	tasemane
        acc	tasemane	tasemane	tasemane	tasemane
        loc	tasemanene	tasemanene	tasemanene	tasemanene

      • taṣeñca “putting, placing” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	taṣeñca, taṣṣeñca	taṣeñca, taṣṣeñca	taṣeñcañ

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.prs3

      	pl.mid
      3	tsentar

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2			taṣtār-ñ
      3	tāṣi, tāṣi-ne, tāṣän-ne	tāseṃ

      • tāsi “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	tāsi
        acc	tāsi

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	tasāmai
      2	tasātai
      3	tasāte, tasāte-me	tasānte

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	tessa	tesare, tesar-ne	tässāte	tässānte

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.imp3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	ptes	ptässo	ptäsar

    • tās- “(act.) to put, set, place” “(mid.) to place oneself” “(pass.) to be compared” “(pass.) to resemble (+ com.)” gv.imp1

      	pl.mid
      2	pättāsat

Occurrences

tessa

1	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a14	a14 takāre korakeṃ eñcil	te(ssa)	/// (ke)a15rcapiśke mokonmeṃ putewa(ntentse)
2	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a46	puttewante trai procera eñcil	tessa	sarriwentasa • ṣai-me a47
3	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a49	sarri- a49 wentasa eñcil	tessa	ikäṃ kaummasa yśematkaṣeś •
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a56	lau sampātte āṃśintse eñcil	tessa	tarse piś käṃntsa •
5	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a57	soy peṣkeṃntsa usūkoreś eñcil	tessa	wia58ltse piś käntsa kṣemiśkeṃ
6	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a58	piś käntsa kṣemiśkeṃ eñci(l)	(t)e(ssa)	(w)il(ts)e /// a59 ce
7	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a59	ce pikultsa erkañciśkeṃ e(ñc)i(l)	(tessa)	/// a60 ppaumś •
8	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a93	nte ṣuk śāmna eñcil	tess(a)	/// a94 laṃṣalle keṃ
9	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a100	(sa)a100rriwentasa wi procera e(ñ)ci(l)	(tessa)	/// a101 me •
10	SI 1877 a2	sāṅk śānta keś a2	tessa	keśa postäṃ te yiknesa
11	THT 197 a1	kl(a)ṅkts(i) ṣ (su) akṣār	tess(a)	mä(kt)e lakle warpalñe svabh(ā)ptsa
12	THT 220 a3	/// (te) (maṃ)t keś	tessa	; po ñi wnolmi
13	THT 379 b5	/// b5 /// lyine	tessa	·e ///
14	THT 421.1 a1	käntwāṣṣe śarīr cau patne	tessa	• 10-4 ॥ ///
15	U 5208	äy(män)a15čin । 41 topi	tessa	। üküp urtı ।