ysissi

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Meaning:	“to touch (sexually)”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ysissi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	9b
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• yäs-
  • yäs- “to touch (sexually)” kaus
    • yäs- “to touch (sexually)” kaus.subj9b
      • ysissi “to touch (sexually)” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ysissi
        acc	ysissi

  • yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv
    • ysalya “excitation, discord” f

      	sg
      nom	ysalya
      acc	ysalyai
      gen	ysalyantse

      • ysalyṣe “pertaining to excitation, discord”

        	sg.m
        nom	ysalyṣe
        acc	ysalyṣe

    • yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	yaṣtär	ysentär

    • yäs- “to excite, touch (sexually)” gv.subj2
      • yaṣñe “to excite, touch (sexually)” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	yaṣñe
        acc	yaṣñe

Occurrences

ysissi

1

PK AS 8A b6

klai ekalmī yāmtsi naine

ysissi

yoñyeṣṣe to pwarne hom