yūwast

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Meaning:	“to seek, aspire to, turn towards”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yuw-
Lexeme variants:	yūwast
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9a
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	yūwast
3

Lexeme family

• yu-
  • yu- “to seek, aspire to, turn towards” kaus
    • yu- “to seek, aspire to, turn towards” kaus.prs9a

      	sg.act
      2	yūwast

    • yu- “to seek, aspire to, turn towards” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	yuwäst, yust-me
      3	yuwäṣṣäṃ	yuwäskeṃ	yuwästär

    • yu- “to seek, aspire to, turn towards” kaus.subj9b

      	pl.act
      3	yuwäskeṃ

Occurrences

yūwast

1

THT 1121 b3

palskosa te saṃsārmeṃ tsälpātsiś

yūwab4st

• trai kleṅkentsa saṃsā(rmeṃ)