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chieflyD.6-tu132] PRIMARY NOMINAL STEMS 257li :cliiefly f. .iction nouns ;e. g.is-ti (h'sire, u-ti aid(v'^av), kir-ti praise (kr commemorate), ra-ti gift; is-tioffering, ga-ti motion, da-ti^ gift; didhi-ti devotion (dhithinlx) ; amh-a-ti distress, am-a-ti indigence. It also formssome twenty agent nouns used either as adjectives or asm. substantives; e.g. ra-ti ivilling to give, vas-ti eager;jna-ti m, relative, dr-ti m. ^7i-/m,dhu-ti m. shaker, mus-tim. fist, sap-ti m. steed, abhi-sti m. helxjer (but abhi-stif. help) ;am-a-ti ])oor, ar-a-ti m. servant, vrk-a-ti m.murderer.tu forms the stem of :dat., abl.-gen., and ace.infinitives; e.g. da-tii : da-tave and datavai ;Ab.G.da-tos ;A. da-tum also a few; independent action nounsand still fewer agent nouns ; m. ireft (va iveave), tan-tum, thread ;ak-tii m. ray (anj anoint), r-tu m. season, jan-tiim. creature; vas-tu f.morning (vas shine); vas-tu n. ahode(vas direll :tr :Gk. acr-Tv).agent nouns, often used participially governing an ace.(when the root is generally accented) ;e. g. gan-tr going to(ace), but kai'-tr m. doer, yas-tr sacrifieer (^yaj), us-trploughing hull ;less commonly with connecting vowel :cod-i-tr instigator, sav-i-tr stimulator ;a-mar-i-tr destroijer ;tar-u-tr trinning, tar-u-trm. compieror ;wdiY-u-tv protector;man-6-tr and man-o-tr inventor. This suffix also formsseveral names of relationship ;e. g. pi-tr m. father, ma-trf. mother (101).tnu forms more than a dozen agent nouns, mostly adj. ;e. g. kr-tnu active ; piy-a-tnii reviling ; maday-i-tnu intoxicating,stanay-i-tnu m. thunder.tra :agent nouns, a few of them adjectives, the rest nearlyall n. substantives, expressing the instrument or means ;1This word when the final number rif a compound is reduced hysyncope to tti : bhdga-tti f. ijiJI offniivnc, magha-tti f. receij)! of hmmli',v^su-tti f. receipt of )ceallli.1819 S