tsuwa

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Meaning:	“to attach oneself, be stuck together, stick to”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsuwā-
Lexeme variants:	tsuwa; tsūwa

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	tsuwa	tswāre

Lexeme family

tsuwā-
- tsuwā- “to attach oneself, be stuck together, stick to” gv
  - tsuwā- “to attach oneself, be stuck together, stick to” gv.prs3
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 tswetär
  - tsuwā- “to attach oneself, be stuck together, stick to” gv.pret1
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    3 tsuwa tswāre
- tsuw- “to add” kaus
  - tsuw- “to add” kaus.prs9b
    - tsuwäṣälle “to add” part.prs9b
      
      sg.m
      
      nom tsuwäṣälle
  - tsuw- “to add” kaus.pret2
    - tsetsuwu “to add” part.pret2
      
      sg.m
      
      nom tsetsuwu
- tsuwai “up to, until, towards”
  - tswaiññe “just, just now”

Occurrences

tsuwa

1	THT 107 a4	aise mutkāntseś po mā	tsuwa	naumyeṣṣe bhājaṃne ite śama
2	THT 431 a4	• cenaś ṣe śilawande	tsuwa	: b1 /// wesäñ

tsūwa

1

ske(ye)nmeṃ cenaṃts ; ṣñīke

aiśamñe : cai tne