tswetär

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Meaning:	“to attach oneself, be stuck together, stick to”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsuwā-
Lexeme variants:	tswetär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				tswetär

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

tswetär

1	PK AS 7J a3	; kektseñäśc ma wa=	tswetär	nta : wässanma ṣpä
2	THT 16 a1	mā tu walke ;	tswetär	nta (:) /// 24σ
3	THT 136 a4	e a4 /// °ntärwasā	tswetär	se a5 /// °ññenmeṃ