yaskastär

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Meaning:	“to beg”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	yaskastär; yaskästär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9a
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				yaskaskemar, yaskaskemar-cmeṃ
2
3				yaskastär

Lexeme family

• yāsk-
  • yāsk- “to beg” gv
    • yaṣṣūca “beggar” agnt

      	sg	pl
      nom	yaṣṣūca	yaṣṣūcañ
      gen		yaṣṣūcaṃts

    • yāsk- “to beg” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid
      1	yaskaskemar, yaskaskemar-cmeṃ
      3	yaskastär

      • yaskaṣṣälle “to beg” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	yaskaṣṣälle

    • yāsk- “to beg” gv.subj2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		yaskemtär, yaskemtär-nemeṃ
      3	yāṣtär	yaṣyentär

      • yaṣṣi “to beg” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	yaṣṣi
        acc	yaṣṣi

    • yāsk- “to beg” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      2	yaṣṣātai
      3	yaṣṣāte, yaṣṣāte-ñ, yaṣṣāte-nemeṃ

      • yayāṣṣu “having begged” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	yayāṣṣu

Occurrences

yaskastär

1	IOL Toch 139 a6	se te-ñematse ṣamane deśaṃ	yaskastär	krui ṣa° /// a7
2	PK AS 17J a1	tum(eṃ) supr(i)y(e) l(ān)tämeṃ ā(rtalñe)	(ya)a2skastär	alyeṅkäṃ nauntaintsa yatsi ॥
3	THT 33 b3	tarstwasa ; ṣek sū	yaskastär	{:} nauntai nauntai ;