yayātau

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Meaning:	“having been capable”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	yayātau

Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-aṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-aṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	yayātaṣ, yayātau		yayātaṣ
voc
acc	yayātaṣ		yayātāṣäṃ, yayātaṣ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

yātā-

yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv
- yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.prs4
  
  sg.mid pl.mid
  
  3 yotitär, yototär yotontär
- yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.subj5
  
  sg.act pl.act
  
  3 yāto-ñ, yātaṃ, yātaṃ-c yātoye-ñ, yātoyeṃ-ś, yatäṃ
  - yātalyñe “ability” abstr.m.subj5
    
    sg
    
    nom yātalyñe
    
    acc yātalyñe
  - yātalle “being (cap)able” part.subj5
    
    sg.m
    
    nom yātalle
  - yātatsi “to be (cap)able” inf.n.subj5
    
    sg
    
    nom yātatsi
    
    acc yātatsi
    
    all yātatsiśc
- yātā- “to be (cap)able” gv.pret1
  
  sg.act
  
  3 yatā-ne
  - yayātau “having been capable” part.pret1
    
    sg.m pl.m
    
    nom yayātaṣ, yayātau yayātaṣ
    
    acc yayātaṣ yayātāṣäṃ, yayātaṣ

yāt- “to enable, tame” kaus

yāt- “to enable, tame” kaus.subj9b

sg.act sg.mid

1 yātäṣṣimar

3 yātäṣṣi yātäṣṣītär, yātäṣṣitär-ñ
- yātässi “to enable, tame” inf.n.subj9b
  
  sg
  
  nom yātässi
  
  acc yātässi
yāt- “to enable, tame” kaus.pret4

sg.mid

2 yātäṣṣatai

3 yātäṣṣāte
- yayātäṣṣu “to enable, tame” part.pret4
  
  sg.m
  
  nom yayātäṣṣu

yāt- “to enable, tame” kaus.prs9b

yātäṣṣeñca “enabling, taming” ptcp.prs9b

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	yātäṣṣeñca	yātäṣṣeñca	yātäṣṣeñcañ	yātäṣṣeñcañ
acc	yātäṣṣeñcai, yatäṣṣeñcai	yātäṣṣeñcai, yatäṣṣeñcai
all	yātäṣṣeñcaiścä	yātäṣṣeñcaiścä

yāt- “to tame” agv
- yāt- “to tame” agv.prs8
  
  sg.act
  
  3 yātṣäṃ
- yāt- “to tame” agv.pret3
  
  sg.act
  
  1 yātwa

Occurrences

yayātau

1	Kz-213-ZS-L01 a1	; śle-k ñasa :	yayātau	wa ; wäntärwats ;
2	PK NS 144 a3	amācä(nta) /// a3 ///	yayātau	mä(sketär) /// a4 ///
3	PK NS 398 a3	mäkcau smāṃ tākat anaiśai	yayātau	ce_u oṅkolmai pkāla-ñ mäa4(kte)
4	PK NS 398 b1	weñā-neś ñakta se oṅkolmo	yayātau	śpālmeṃ olyapotstse b2 ///
5	THT 306 a3	vai samitiṃ yānti •	yayātau	wertsiyai yaṃ • ///
6	THT 306 a4	a4 /// m{†a} •	yayātau	śpālmeṃ śāmna(ts) /// a5
7	THT 310 a2	vai samitiṃ yāti •	yayātau	a3 /// dāntaṃ rājādhirohati
8	THT 310 a4	a4 /// ṇām •	(yayātau)	śp(ā)lme(ṃ) śāmnats • yo