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NAS-T-AK 



PAy-YEK 



nas-t-ak (p.p.f. nask; aor. sg. 2, wae, 3, 

 na), to sit. 



Prs. nisas-tan ; P. {kse-)nas"t-"l 

 (pres. sg. 3, na). 



Av. ni-\-s/had-, nishiMiti ; Skr. 

 ni-\-\^sad-,nisidati. H. 1033. For 

 " the past base cf . Vedic nisatta-, seat- 

 ed. §§3,3; 86. 

 nlst, the place above, or outside. Used 

 in adverbial phrases, such as i-nlst", 

 outside. § 58. 

 nosr, often written norsf, soft, not hard. 

 Prs. narm. The a has become 

 under the influence of the following 

 m. Skr. namra- (through *navra-). 

 See§§ II, 3; 29, i/i. 

 Maz£^" (pi. nawi) f., a hollow between two 

 hills. 



Prs. nav , a trough; P. nawa, a 

 gutter. 



Av. navaya-, flowing ; Skr. nav-ya-, 

 navigable. H. 1024. §§4,16; 14, 

 16; 18, itf. 

 11 awl, card., ninety. 



Prs. navad ; P. nawe. 

 Av. navaiti-; Skr. navati-. §§ 6, 4 ; 

 14, i^; 33,6; 63. 

 nlwt, see wyo^. 



na-w"l-ak (p.p.f. na-w"lk ; aor. sg. 2, wc/- 

 w"r, 3, nu-w'ra), to take out, bring 

 out. Cf. w'lak. Causal, na-w"raw- 

 'ek or na-Wrayek, § 94. 

 ■ Av. wt's-f \/6«;'-, -haraiti ; Skr. wis 

 -\-Vb'r--b'arati. §§3,3; I7,3; 86; 

 94. 

 iKi-wya , see na-w"lak. 

 nwas-t-ak (p.p.f. nwask ; aor. sg. 2, and 

 3, nwi) , to lie down, to go to sleep. 

 Probably a by-form of nastak, q.v. 

 Cf . W. nast-am, I lay down. § 86. 

 nawyi, f., a bride. 



Borrowed from P. nawe. Cf. EB. 



27Z- 



ny-ok (p.p.f. nak ; aor. sg. 2, nw, 3, nl- 

 wl), to put, place, set. 



Prs. nihadan (pres. sg. i. nih-am). 

 Av. ni-f\/2 (^a-, Skr. m-f\/(i'a-, 

 p.p. nihita-. H. 1057. § 86. ^ 

 niydk, m., a maternal uncle. 

 P. niydy". 



p" , see Ao, I. 



pa, prep., by, by means of. 



Prs. bad, ba, bi; P., S. Bal. pa. 

 O. Prs. patiy ; Av. paiti ; H. 144. 

 §§40, I ; 58-9; 96; loi. 

 pie (pi. the same), m., a father. The 

 compound zal-pie (q.v.) means either 

 a grandfather or a grandmother. 



Prs. pidar; Kurd, pier, (Zaza) pi; 

 Ks. pei; Bal. pit; P. ^/«y. 



Av. Skr. pitay-. H. 286. §§ 5, 

 i^; 15, 7; 33,6; 40, I. 

 pol, understanding, intelligence. 



P. poh, intelligent. 

 pecumai (pi. the same), m. the slope up 



a mountain. P. Cf. Iwang. 

 pak" bas" (pi. pak"l basl) , f., a kind of 



kite or falcon. 

 plkak (pi. plkacl), m., milk, tyre, butter- 

 milk. 



Bal. p'ilkay, to milk. 

 pax-^'ek (p.p.m. paxak, f., pyUxk ; aor. sg. 

 2, 6m, 3, bizl) , to cook. 



The origin of the initial b in the 

 present stem is obscure. See §41,3- 

 Prs. puxtan, pres. sg. i, paz-am, 

 Kurd, pdtin, be-piz; S. Bal. pac-ag; 

 W. poc-am, Sq. pezant, S. pez-am, I 

 cook ; P. pax-awul. 



Av. Skr. \/pac-, to cook ; Phi. 

 piixtan, pazem. _ H. 285. §§ 3,1^; 

 7, 2; 22, 16; 38, 2; 40, i; 41, 3; 

 78, 86; 97; 108. 



