yāmtär

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Meaning:	“to do”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yām-
Lexeme variants:	yāmtär
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:	middle

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

yāmtär

1	IOL Toch 305 b4	• kwri no mā	yāmtär	vaisarp • warkatsa •
2	PK AS 7C b4	: reki palskosa ;	yāmtär	yāmor ; yob5lainä 10-9
3	THT 31 b1	msketär • ceṃ ksa	yāmtär	; appamāt ; wrocce
4	THT 41 a2	dhyāṃ kuse ; yneś	yāmtär	; palsko msketär ;
5	THT 66 b1	/// b1 /// wnolme	yāmtä(r)	/// b2 /// po
6	THT 78 b5	॥ waike lāre ;	yāmtär	ksa ; ṣek somob6(tkñe)
7	THT 128 b2	– – – – – ; snai pele	y(ā)mtä(r)	; tättä /// b3
8	THT 290 a3	13σ 4σ a3 ;	yāmtär	deśit ; su ceu
9	THT 290 a4	āstre ; kätkoṣ wat	yāmtär	; deśito • su
10	THT 1448 a3	aś(alyi) /// a3 ///	yāmtär	(s)ū ṣamāne saṃghāv(aśeṣ) (traṅko)