yeyeṃ

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	i-
Lexeme variants:	yeyeṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1-2
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
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

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 (?)”

Occurrences

yeyeṃ

1	Sb-003-ZS-L-03 a1	trey maiweśkaṃ naweri simtsa	yeyeṃ	ñemna weñā-me puñyawa(r)me jñānacaṃndre
2	THT 2 b1	17σ 7σ ; (poñc)	(yeyeṃ)	nkelñene 80-3 wnolmi aknātsañ
3	THT 31 b6	; ostwane ; ṣek	yeyeṃ	ceṃ lkatsi b7 40-4
4	THT 408 a3	; samudtärśc ; poyśiṃś	yeyeṃ	4 – – – ti ;
5	THT 408 a4	rī rājagri : yauṣmauṣ	yeyeṃ	; katkauñaisa ; kalñi
6	THT 430 a2	ṣale a2 /// kauś	yeyeṃ	pītwā a3 /// ·n·