yātatai

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Meaning:	“to adorn, decorate”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yät-
Lexeme variants:	yātatai
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				yātamai-ne
2				yātatai
3

Lexeme family

• yätā-
  • yät- “to adorn, decorate” kaus
    • yät- “to adorn, decorate” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	yatäṣṣitär-ne	yatäskentär

    • yät- “to adorn, decorate” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      1	yātamai-ne
      2	yātatai

      • yaitu “having been adorned” part.pret2

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yaitoṣ, yaitu	yaitoṣ	yaitwa
        acc	yaitoṣ	yaitoṣ	yaitwa

        • yaitor “having been adorned” abstr.pret2

          	sg
          nom	yaitor
          abl	yaitormeṃ

    • yät- “to adorn, decorate” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act
      2	pīta

    • yät- “to adorn, decorate” kaus.subj9b
      • yatästsi “to adorn, decorate” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	yatästsi
        acc	yatästsi

  • yätā- “to be decorated” gv
    • yätā- “to be decorated” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      3	ytāte

Occurrences

yātatai

1	PK NS 48 and 258 a3	po krentaunasa ṣañ añm	yātatai	toṃ ñiñana krenta yāmorntasa
2	THT 1105 a3	wasātai laṃtuñeṃ yetwe{n}tsa ṣaññ-añmä	yātatai	ente iña(k)t(eṃ) /// a4