wawāpau

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Meaning:	“to weave, braid”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	wawāpau
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	wawāpau
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wāpā-
  • wāpā- “to weave, braid” gv
    • wapāntsa “tailor, weaver” m

      	sg
      nom	wapāntsa
      acc	wapāntsai
      gen	wapāṃntsantse

    • yape “spider” m

      	sg
      nom	yape
      acc	yape
      gen	ypentse

    • wāpā- “to weave, braid” gv.subj5

      	pl.mid
      3	wāpatär

      • wāpatsi “to weave, braid” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wāpatsi
        acc	wāpatsi

    • wāpā- “to weave, braid” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	wāpa

      • wawāpau “to weave, braid” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	wawāpau

Occurrences

wawāpau

1

THT 123 a4

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