yāmäṃ

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Meaning:	“to do”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yām-
Lexeme variants:	yāmäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1-2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	yamim	yamyem, yamem		yamīmar, yāmmar	yamiyemtär, yamamtär
2	yāmt	yamīcer		yāmītār, yāmtar
3	yāmi, yami-ne, yāmäṃ, yamaṃ-ne	yāmyeṃ, yāmeṃ		yamītär, yāmtär	yamantär

Lexeme family

• yām-
  • yām- “to do” gv
    • yām- “to do” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yamaskau, yāmäskau-c		yamaskemar	yamaskemtär
      2	yamast, yamast-ne	maścer	yamastar
      3	yamaṣṣi, yamaṣṣäṃ, yamaṣṣäṃ-c, yamaṣṣäṃ-ne	yamaṣyeṃ, yamaṣyeñ-c, yamaskeṃ	yamaṣṣitär, yamastär	yamaṣyentär, yamaskentär

      • yamaṣṣälle “to be done” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaṣṣälle	yamaṣṣälya	yamaṣṣälyi	yamaṣṣällona
        acc				yamaṣṣällona
        gen	yamaṣṣälyepi

      • yamaṣṣeñca “doing” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaṣṣeñca, yamaṣeñca, yamäṣeñca, yāmṣeñca	yamaṣṣeñca, yamaṣeñca, yamäṣeñca, yāmṣeñca		yamaṣṣeñcana
        voc	yāmṣeñcai
        acc	yamaṣeñcai	yamaṣeñcai	yamaṣṣeñcaṃ, yāmṣeñcaṃ	yamaṣṣeñcaṃ, yāmṣeñcaṃ, yamaṣṣeñcana

      • yamaskemane “doing” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane
        acc	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane	yamaskemane

    • yām- “to do” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yamim	yamyem, yamem	yamīmar, yāmmar	yamiyemtär, yamamtär
      2	yāmt	yamīcer	yāmītār, yāmtar
      3	yāmi, yami-ne, yāmäṃ, yamaṃ-ne	yāmyeṃ, yāmeṃ	yamītär, yāmtär	yamantär

      • yamalñe “doing” abstr.m.subj1/2

        	sg	pl
        nom	yamalñe	yamalñenta
        acc	yamalñe	yamalñenta
        gen	yamalñentse
        loc	yamalñene	yamalñentane
        abl	yamalyñemeṃ
        perl	yamalñesa

      • ayāmätte “to do” priv.subj1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	ayāmätte

      • yāmtsi “to do” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	yāmtsi
        acc	yāmtsi
        perl	yāmtsisa
        all	yāmtsiśc

      • yamalle “to be done” part.subj1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	yamalle
        acc	yamalye
        gen	yamalyepi

    • yām- “to do” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      1	yāmu, yamu-c, yamū-me

    • yām- “to do” gv.pret4

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	yāmṣawa	maṣam	yāmṣamai	yamaṣṣamnte
      2	yamaṣṣasta, yamaṣṣasta-ne	yāmṣaso	yamaṣatai	yamaṣat
      3	yamaṣṣa, yamaṣṣa-me	yāmṣare, yamaṣṣare, yamaṣṣare-ne, yamaṣṣare-me	yamaṣṣate, yamaṣṣate-ñ	yamaṣṣante

      • yāmu “having done” part.pret4

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yāmoṣ, yāmu	yāmusa	yāmoṣ	yāmuwa
        acc	yāmoṣ		yāmoṣäṃ, yāmoṣ	yāmuwa
        gen	yāmoṣepi

        • yāmor “deed, act, action” n.pret4

          	sg	pl
          nom	yāmor	yāmornta
          acc	yāmor	yāmornta
          gen	yāmorntse	yāmorntaṃts
          loc	yāmorne
          abl	yāmormeṃ
          perl	yāmorsa	yāmorntasa

          • yāmorṣṣe “pertaining to the deed(s)” pret4

            	sg.m
            nom	yāmorṣṣe
            acc	yāmorṣṣe

          • yāmortstse “having a deed” pret4

            	sg.m
            nom	yāmortstse
            acc	yāmorcce
            gen	yāmorccepi

    • yām- “to do” gv.imp3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
      2	pyām	pyāmtso	pyāmtsar	pyāmtsat	pyāmtsait

  • yamaṣṣuki “participant”

    	sg
    nom	yamaṣṣuki

  • yāmi “doer”

    	sg
    nom	yāmi
    acc	yāmi
    gen	yamintse

Occurrences

yāmäṃ

1	IOL Toch 90 b5	ālisa b5 /// –	yāmäṃ	• posa • pā{yti}
2	IOL Toch 751 b1	·ā b1 /// – –	yāmäṃ	• tu – b2
3	PK AS 2B b6	tekanmane kartse • ṣuwisa	yāmäṃ	nano kartse 90-4 ॥
4	PK AS 7C b4	wnolme ; kektsentsa yo;lo	yāmäṃ	: reki palskosa ;
5	PK AS 8A b5	kete ñemttsa pwarne hom	yāmäṃ	su mā walke naṣṭa
6	PK AS 8A b8	hom yama(ṣä)le kete ñemtsa	yāmä{ṃ}	su mā wal(k)e śawaṣäṃ
7	PK AS 8A b9	yamaṣäle b9 ke(te) ñemtsa	yāmäṃ	cwi śaulampa sām yolo
8	PK AS 8B a2	twer(e)ne tsapanale kete ñ(e)mtsa	yāmäṃ	su keto mäske(t)rä (kwri)
9	PK AS 8B a3	āśe kärs{t→n}ālya kete ñemtsa	yāmäṃ	su mā walke nkelyñene
10	PK AS 8B a5	kete ñemtsa pwarne hom	yāmäṃ	su {n}ta kca ketara
11	PK AS 8B a6	pwarne ṣaläṣäle kete ñemtsa	yāmä{ṃ}	su ṣu= kau{ṃ} epikte
12	PK AS 8B a7	hom yama(ṣä)a7le kete ñemtsa	yāmäṃ	cwi larauñesa śaul eṅkasträ
13	PK AS 13D a7	·ā – pelaikneṣṣe :	yāmäṃ	a8 /// p(o)stanontäṃ śāmnaṃts
14	PK AS 13K.3 a1	a1 /// nts·	yāmäṃ	/// a2 /// °ko
15	PK AS 17D b6	tū b6	yāmäṃ	5 ॥ tane ñake
16	PK NS 22 b2	4σ /// ;	(yā)mäṃ	aum : 3 auntsante
17	PK NS 95 b5	yamaṣle • kwri mā	yāmäṃ	ce – lpit ¤
18	THT 63 b7	lle : kuce (k)ca	yāmäṃ	tu-k mällāsträ ; wasto
19	THT 274 a3	a3 (30-5) kuse toṃn	yāmäṃ	; wäntärwa ; eynāke
20	THT 282 b2	läṃ yäknemeṃ ; späntai	yāmäṃ	taṅw= āñmalaṣ;ṣäb3(lñe) 8σ ///
21	THT 290 a1	a1 t wärñai ;	yāmä(ṃ)	wrotstsana ; telkanma •
22	THT 326 a4	/// a4 /// āmaś	yāmäṃ	duṣkär /// a5 ///
23	THT 330 b2	/// b2 kwalaññepi waṃsäṃnpāt	yāmäṃ	pāyti kättaṅkäṃ • su
24	THT 523 a3	weṣäṃ ; – k	yāmäṃ	; manta /// a4