kakälts

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Meaning:	“to let be pressed (together)” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to make press, increase pressure, oppress”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kakälts; kakältsts
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	kakälts, kakältsā-ṃ

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

kakältsts

1

A 75 a3

6σ /// marmas ;

kakältsts

oki ; säm· –

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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