yatsi

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	yatsi; yätsi

Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1-2
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yatsi
voc
acc	yatsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	yatsiśc
caus

Lexeme family

i-
- i- “to go” gv
  - ynūca “going, goer”
    
    sg.m pl.m
    
    nom ynūca ynūcañ
    
    gen ynūcantse
  - i- “to go” gv.prs1/2
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 yaim, yam, yam-c yeyem, ynem, ynem-ne
    
    2 yait, yat yaicer, yacer
    
    3 yey, yai, yey-ne, yaṃ, yaṃ-ne, yan-me yeyeṃ, yeye-ñ, yneṃ, yneṃ-ne
    - yalle “to be going” part.prs1/2
      
      sg.m
      
      nom yalle
    - ynemane “going” part.prs1/2
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom ynemane ynemane ynemane ynemane
      
      acc ynemane ynemane ynemane ynemane
    - yneñca “going” ptcp.prs1/2
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom yneñca yneñca
      
      acc yneñcai yneñcai
    - yalñe “going” abstr.prs1/2
      
      sg
      
      nom yalñe
      
      acc yalñe
      
      loc yalyñene
      
      perl yalñesa
  - i- “to go” gv.subj1/2
    
    sg.act
    
    1 yam
    - yatsi “to go” inf.n.subj1/2
      
      sg
      
      nom yatsi
      
      acc yatsi
      
      all yatsiśc
  - i- “to go” gv.imp7
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    2 paṣ pcīso
  - i- “to go” gv.pret
    - yku “having gone” part.pret
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom ykuweṣ, yku ykuweṣ ykuwa
      
      acc ykuweṣ ykusai ykuweṣ ykuwa
      
      gen ykuweṣepi
      
      loc ykuweṣne
      
      comit ykusaimpa
      - ykuwer “coming” abstr.pret
        
        sg
        
        nom ykuwer
        
        acc ykuwer
        
        loc ykuwerne
        
        abl ykuwermeṃ
- ymāne “on the way”
  - ymanār “each on its way (?)”

	sg.m	pl.m
nom	ynūca	ynūcañ
gen	ynūcantse

	sg.act	pl.act
1	yaim, yam, yam-c	yeyem, ynem, ynem-ne
2	yait, yat	yaicer, yacer
3	yey, yai, yey-ne, yaṃ, yaṃ-ne, yan-me	yeyeṃ, yeye-ñ, yneṃ, yneṃ-ne

	sg.m
nom	yalle

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane
acc	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane

	sg.m	sg.f
nom	yneñca	yneñca
acc	yneñcai	yneñcai

	sg
nom	yalñe
acc	yalñe
loc	yalyñene
perl	yalñesa

	sg.act
1	yam

	sg
nom	yatsi
acc	yatsi
all	yatsiśc

	sg.act	pl.act
2	paṣ	pcīso

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	ykuweṣ, yku		ykuweṣ	ykuwa
acc	ykuweṣ	ykusai	ykuweṣ	ykuwa
gen	ykuweṣepi
loc	ykuweṣne
comit		ykusaimpa

	sg
nom	ykuwer
acc	ykuwer
loc	ykuwerne
abl	ykuwermeṃ

Occurrences

yatsi

1	IOL Toch 104 a2	/// °kiṣṣeṃ 3 patne	yatsi	mā /// a3 ///
2	IOL Toch 119 b6	/// (ca)mpiyeṃ nervāṃṣṣai riś	ya(tsi)	/// b7 /// °nte
3	IOL Toch 120 a2	s· samp m= āṣṣāṃ	yatsi	/// a3 /// lalyñeṣṣ=
4	IOL Toch 139 b5	plāki yaskaskemar parna simtsa	yatsi	– – /// b6 ///
5	IOL Toch 145 a1	/// (s)n(ai) proskai arwāre	yatsi	au – /// a2
6	IOL Toch 713 a4	/// ·n· ·s· päst	yatsi	/// a5 ///
7	Kizil WD-IV-1 a8	ṣleṣṣe guṃṇne wentsi ;	yatsi	; t(a)k(a) meṅki ;
8	PK AS 6J a2	/// snaitse tallā_u (pe)st	yatsi	– /// a3
9	PK AS 8C b6	no āñme tākaṃ-ne raddhisa	yatsi	• war nässait yamaṣle
10	PK AS 15A a6	nauṣ{†ä} yāmormeṃ auntsate kapilavāstuś	yatsi	ṣekka ṣekka enersäṅk lka(ṣṣ)ī(tär)
11	PK AS 16.2 b5	wäntarwa b5 lkātsi raddhisa	yatsi	ñäkcīy(ai) (klau)tsaisa klyaussi kätkor
12	PK AS 17A a4	; pūrvavedīd;vīpne ce_u {:}	yaa5tsi	ārwer ; ptākas yes
13	PK AS 17B b3	preke wesäṃ ṣañ wṣeñaiś	yatsi	te ka ārskormeṃ wentsi
14	PK AS 17B b5	ste ṣñār ikentaś	yatsi	arā-me tane ñake wäntare
15	PK AS 17B b6	b6 ṣañ mäskelye ikeś	yat(s)i	auntsate śem ṣañ o(stuwane)
16	PK AS 17J a2	ā(rtalñe) (ya)a2skastär alyeṅkäṃ nauntaintsa	yatsi	॥ tane su(p)ri(yeṃ) (p)r(e)kṣäṃ
17	PK AS 17J a4	säs(we)näś akālk yamaṣa-mai nauntaiṃtsa	yatsi	• walo weṣṣäṃ po-yäknesa
18	PK AS 17K a2	korponträ painesa ka sārriś	yatsi	auntsante (•) (ta)n(e) klyauṣā(te)
19	PK AS 19.21 b2	/// b2 °sa	yatsi	prayokänta weñau • ñake
20	PK AS 19.21 b4	b4 – ñi – – –	yatsi	2 ॥ ñake ys(ā)ṣṣa
21	PK Bois B3 a4	• te parra tārka	yatsi	auṣap mā tärkaa5nat •
22	PK NS 40 a3	ṣesa au{n}tsate cau karāś	yatsi	॥ /// a4 ///
23	PK NS 67 b3	ki /// b3 ṣamāneṃts	yatsi	aksa(ṣṣiyeṃ) /// b4 vinai
24	THT 109 b1	/// ny(a)grodhārām saṅkrāmiś	yatsi	omtsate yaśodharai lantso(y) b2
25	THT 286 a1	– ylñ· yairoṣ :	yatsi	śam(ts)i ; – ·w·
26	THT 331 b2	ñiś ṣesketstse (ne)sau śka	yatsi	arkañ mā ṣ campau
27	THT 331 b3	ot ka ṣamānentse mant	yatsi	rittetär • teṃ yiknesa
28	THT 1548.a b5	/// – r·ñc karyor	yatsi	auntsante • asaṣṣai wraṣṣai
29	THT 1625.k a2	/// – ñ mā	yatsi	pa /// a3 ///

yätsi

1	PK AS 12D b2	t(e) akālksa postäṃ ran(o)	y(ätsi)	b3 nāyake ette-särwāna
2	THT 281 b2	; krentats ytari ;	(yä)ts(i)	pr(e)k(e) : (po) (pre)ścyane
3	THT 281 b5	preke 10(-7) cm(e)laṣṣai ytā;ri	yätsi	; tumeṃ (pre)ke :
4	THT 1312 a5	/// a5 /// tsūwai	yätsi	1 ॥ arwa kenene