weṣṣäṃ
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Meaning: | “(act.) to speak, say, tell”; “(mid.) to be called” |
Word class: | verb |
Language: | TB |
Equivalent in TA: | weñ- |
Lexeme variants: | weṣṣäṃ; weṣäṃ |
Person: | third |
Number: | singular |
Tense/Mood: | present |
Root character: | non-a-character |
Internal root vowel: | vowel-full |
Stem: | present |
Stem class: | 9a |
Valency: | transitive |
Voice: | active |
Paradigm
sg.act | pl.act | du.act | sg.mid | pl.mid | du.mid | |
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1 | weṣṣim, weskau, weskau-ne | weskem | weskemar | |||
2 | weṣṣit, west, west-meśc | weścer | westär | |||
3 | weṣṣi, weṣṣäṃ, weṣṣäṃ-ne, weṣṣäṃ-neśc, weṣṣäṃ-meśc | weṣyeṃ, weskeṃ, weskeṃ-neś, weskeṃ-ne | westeṃ | westär, westär-me | weskentär |
Lexeme family
- weñ-
- weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv
- weñiye “talk, discussion”
sg nom weñiye acc weñiye - weñenta “speaker”
agnt.m
sg pl nom weñenta gen weñentaṃts loc weñentänne - weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv.prs9a
sg.act pl.act du.act sg.mid pl.mid 1 weṣṣim, weskau, weskau-ne weskem weskemar 2 weṣṣit, west, west-meśc weścer westär 3 weṣṣi, weṣṣäṃ, weṣṣäṃ-ne, weṣṣäṃ-neśc, weṣṣäṃ-meśc weṣyeṃ, weskeṃ, weskeṃ-neś, weskeṃ-ne westeṃ westär, westär-me weskentär - weṣṣeñca “speaking, saying”
ptcp.prs9a
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom weṣṣeñca weṣṣeñca weṣṣeñcañ weṣṣeñcañ acc weṣṣeñcai weṣṣeñcai gen weṣṣeñcantse weṣṣeñcantse comit weṣeñcaimpa weṣeñcaimpa - weṣṣälle “to be said”
part.prs9a
sg.m pl.f nom weṣṣälle weṣṣällona acc weṣṣällona - weskemane “speaking, saying, telling”
part.prs9a
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom weskemane weskemane weskemane weskemane acc weskemane weskemane weskemane weskemane gen weskemanentse weskemanentse
- weṣṣeñca “speaking, saying”
ptcp.prs9a
- weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv.subj
sg.act pl.act 1 weñim, weñau, weñau-c, weñau-ne, weñau-me weñem 2 went, went-meścä weñcer 3 weñi, weṃ, weñ-c weñeṃ, weñeṃ-ne - weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv.pret1
sg.act 3 weñā-ne, weñā-me - weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv.pret5
sg.act pl.act pl.mid 1 weñāwa weñām 2 weñāsta wñās 3 weña-neś, weña-meś, weña, wña-neś, weñā-meś weñāre, wñār-ne, weñāre-ne, weñāre-neś, weñār-meś weñānte - weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv.imp5
sg.act pl.act 2 poñ poñes
- weñiye “talk, discussion”
- weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell”
“(mid.) to be called”
gv
Occurrences
weṣṣäṃ
weṣäṃ
1 | IOL Toch 36 a2 | /// a2 /// (ca)ṇ(ḍ)āleṃś | weṣäṃ | maimañci toṃ piś känte |
2 | IOL Toch 589 a4 | – tākaṃ – ·u | weṣäṃ | • – – – /// a5 |
3 | PK AS 12A a1 | a1 – – – k(a)ñcuki | weṣä(ṃ) | (•) w(ā)ts(ai) mah(ī)va • |
4 | PK AS 12D a5 | täle ptälle-ñä • nāyake | weṣäṃ | mäṃt (tākaṃ) a6 (yu)l(yk)a |
5 | THT 186 b1 | tā – b1 /// | w(e)ṣäṃ | • atrāpadi – b2 |
6 | THT 202 b4 | vṛddhi /// b4 /// | weṣäṃ | • svajātiyāśrayaitvā • ṣañ |
7 | THT 336 b2 | ke – – tetekāk ṣpä | weṣäṃ | • weskem· /// b3 |
8 | THT 336 b5 | /// b5 pälskosa su | weṣäṃ | anāpatti • kuse /// |
9 | THT 523 a3 | pālkaṃ : kuce ṣpä | weṣäṃ | ; – k yāmäṃ |