yaitwa

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Meaning:	“having been adorned”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yetu
Lexeme variants:	yaitwa
Number:	plural
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	yaitoṣ, yaitu		yaitoṣ	yaitwa
voc
acc	yaitoṣ		yaitoṣ	yaitwa
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

yaitwa

1	THT 74 b3	; poyśintasa tañ ;	yaitwa	ersna ; tapākye ra
2	THT 241 a1	; rinsatai ; maursa	y(ai)twa	; astäṃ nauṣ :