wawālau

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Meaning:	“to cover, surround, conceal”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wāwlu
Lexeme variants:	wawālau
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	wawālaṣ, wawālau		wawālaṣ
voc
acc	wawālaṣ		wawālaṣ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wālā-
  • wālā- “to cover, surround, conceal” gv
    • wālā- “to cover, surround, conceal” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	wāloy-c, walatär	waloṃ	wāloytär

      • wālalñe “to cover, surround, conceal” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wālalñe
        acc	wālalñe

      • wālatsi “to cover, surround, conceal” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wālatsi
        acc	wālatsi

    • wālā- “to cover, surround, conceal” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      1	walāmai

      • wawālau “to cover, surround, conceal” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wawālaṣ, wawālau	wawālaṣ
        acc	wawālaṣ	wawālaṣ

    • wālā- “to cover, surround, conceal” gv.prs6
      • walanalle “to cover, surround, conceal” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	walanalle

Occurrences

wawālau

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IOL Toch 436 a1

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(wa)wālau

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