tsamtsi

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Meaning:	“to cause to grow, increase, promote”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tsamtsi; tsämtsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1-2
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	tsamtsi
voc
acc	tsamtsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	tsamtsiśc
caus

Lexeme family

• tsämā-
  • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv
    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	tsamṣt
      3	tsämṣäṃ	tsämsen-ne

      • tsämṣalle “causing to grow, making increase” part.prs8

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	tsämṣalle	tsämṣallona
        acc		tsämṣallona

      • tsämṣeñca “causing to grow” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsämṣeñca	tsämṣeñca	tsämṣeñcañ	tsämṣeñcana
        acc	tsämṣeñcai	tsämṣeñcai		tsämṣeñcana

    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.subj1/2

      	sg.mid
      3	tsāmtär, tsāmtär-ne

      • tsamtsi “to cause to grow, increase, promote” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	tsamtsi
        acc	tsamtsi
        all	tsamtsiśc

    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	tsemtsa

      • tsetsamu “to cause to grow, increase, promote” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	tsetsamu

  • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv
    • tsamo “(lit.) growing, growth” “urgency, importance” “ulcer” “(adv.) very”

      	sg
      nom	tsamo
      acc	tsamo

      • tsmoññe “growth, increase”

        	sg
        nom	tsmoññe
        acc	tsmoññe

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	tsmetär, tsmetär-ñ, tsmetär-ne	tsmentär, tsmentär-ne

      • tsmemane “growing, being increased” part.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane
        acc	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	tsmoytar-ne
      3	tsmoytär-ñ	tsmoyeṃtär-ne, tsmāntär, tsmāntär-ne

      • tsmālñe “to grow, increase, come into being” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsmālñe
        acc	tsmālñe

      • tsmātsi “to grow, increase, come into being” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsmātsi
        acc	tsmātsi

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	tsama

      • tsämau “having grown, come into being” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tsämoṣ, tsämau	tsämoṣ
        acc	tsämoṣ	tsämoṣ

Occurrences

tsämtsi

1

THT 240 a2

eñci • somotkäññe larauññe

tsämtsi

skai /// a3 ///

tsamtsi

1	IOL Toch 210 b4	niṣīdaṃ ñreṃmeṃ kälymi raso	tsa(mts)i	/// b5 /// (käly)m(i)
2	IOL Toch 210 b5	b5 /// (käly)m(i) raso	tsamtsi	॥ lamalyesa ṣamāneṃ(t)s(a) ///
3	IOL Toch 247 a6	a6 ñremeṃ kälymi raso	tsamtsi	• ॥ lamallesa ṣamānentsa