kältsāt

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Meaning:	“to oppress” Carling and Pinault 2023: “be threatened”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kältsā-
Lexeme variants:	kältsāt

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				kältsāt

Lexeme family

kältsā-
- kälts- “to make press, increase pressure, oppress” “to let be pressed (together)” kaus
  - kälts- “to make press, increase pressure, oppress” “to let be pressed (together)” kaus.pret2
    
    sg.act
    
    3 kakälts, kakältsā-ṃ
- kältsā- “be threatened” “to oppress” gv
  - kältsā- “be threatened” “to oppress” gv.prs6
    
    sg.mid pl.mid
    
    3 kältsnātär kältsnāntr-äṃ
  - kältsā- “be threatened” “to oppress” gv.subj5
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 kältsātär
  - kältsā- “be threatened” “to oppress” gv.pret1
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 kältsāt
    - kältso “be threatened” “to oppress” part.pret1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom kältso, kältsont kältsont kältsont kältsont
      
      acc kältsont kältsont kältsont kältsont

Occurrences

kältsāt

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Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.