wäsātai

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Meaning:	“to don, wear (clothes)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wäs-
Lexeme variants:	wäsātai; wasātai
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2				wäsātai
3				wässāte

Lexeme family

• wäs-
  • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv
    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	yäṣṣītär	yäskeṃtär

      • yäṣalle “to don, wear (clothes)” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	yäṣalle

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.subj1

      	sg.mid
      3	wastär

      • wastsi “clothes, garment” inf.n.subj1

        	sg	pl
        nom	wastsi	wästsanma
        acc	wastsi	wästsanma
        gen	wästsintse
        comit	wastsimpa
        abl	wästsimeṃ

    • wäs- “to don, wear (clothes)” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      2	wäsātai
      3	wässāte

      • ausu “having donned, dressed” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	ausu

        • ausor “donning, wearing” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          nom	ausor
          acc	ausor
          abl	ausormeṃ

  • wäs- “to dress sb., let wear” kaus
    • wäs- “to dress sb., let wear” kaus.prs/subj9a

      	sg.mid
      3	wasästär

Occurrences

wäsātai

1	THT 1105 a2	śāmñe ce twe mā	(wä)sātai	iśā(mna) /// a3
2	THT 1105 a4	/// (ñikci)yana śp(ā)lmeṃ wäsanma	wäsātai	tonoṃ wäsanma ausormeṃ tu
3	THT 1105 a5	/// somona wäsanma	wäsātai	onolmet(s) pros(k)ai kälaṣeñcana mäk(t)e

wasātai

1	THT 1105 a3	/// (tona)k{†ä} pärsantaṃṣana wäsanma	wasātai	laṃtuñeṃ yetwe{n}tsa ṣaññ-añmä yātatai
2	THT 1105 b2	/// ·p· l peruwartse	wasātai	: taisa ente nraintane
3	THT 1105 b3	ausa aṣitaṃ pār pitsamonta	wasātai	tu yparwe onolme{ṃ}t(s) ///