lotkā

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Meaning:	“way, manner”; “future”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	klautke
Lexeme variants:	lotkā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	lotäk	lotkañ, lotkas
voc
acc	lotäk	lotkas
gen
loc		lotksaṃ
comit
inst		lotkasyo
abl
perl	lotkā	lotksā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lotkā-
  • lotkā- “to turn, become” gv
    • lotäk “way, manner” “future” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	lotäk	lotkañ, lotkas
      acc	lotäk	lotkas
      loc		lotksaṃ
      inst		lotkasyo
      perl	lotkā	lotksā

      • lotkluneyum

        	sg.m
        nom	lotkluneyum
        acc	lotkluneyumänt

    • lotkā- “to turn, become” gv.prs7

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	lotäṅkāṣ	lotäṅke

    • lotkā- “to turn, become” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	lotkam
      2		lotkac
      3	lotkiṣ, lotkaṣ	lotke

      • lotklune “turning (back), behavior” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	lotklune
        acc	lotklune

      • lotkal “to turn, become” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	lotkal

    • lotkā- “to turn, become” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	lotkaṣt
      3	lotäk, lotka-ṃ, lotka-m	lotkar, lotkar-äm

      • lālotku “to turn, become” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	lālotku, lālotkunt	lālotkunt	lālotkunt	lālotkunt
        acc	lālotkunt	lālotkunt	lālotkunt	lālotkunt

    • lotkā- “to turn, become” gv.imp1

      	sg.act
      2	plotäk

Occurrences

lotkā

1	A 65 a5	tm-äk ālu ; tricäṃ	lotkā	; wlalune : ceṣ
2	A 155 b4	b4 /// maṃ wcaṃ	lotkā	śwātsi nākmasunt lkāṣ säs
3	A 367 b4	6 jarāmaraṃ 7 mänt	lotkā	ne klop ॥ phalaṃ