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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	sg.mid	pl.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.prs/subj2
    
    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

	sg.act
1	tāsau

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

	sg.m
nom	taṣalle

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

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

	pl.mid
3	tsentar

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

	sg
nom	tāsi
acc	tāsi

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

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

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

	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 ।

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