lotksā

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Meaning:	“way, manner”; “future”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	klautke
Lexeme variants:	lotksā; lotktsā
Number:	plural
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

lotktsā

1

A 357 a4

tri wäknā cesäṃ śäk

lotktsā

ptāñkät opyāc klānt

lotksā

1	A 51 a1	a1 /// sn(e) kaś	lotksā	yśalmas ṣu(r)m(aṣ) klopant ///
2	A 61 b1	pe säs saṃsār puk	lotksā	a – – – lyä –
3	A 287 and 259 b6	(śtwar) (ñäkcinäs) (lāñc)äs ārkiśoṣi(s)	(lotksā)	(nākāñ) (penu) (asurāñ) (yakṣāñ)
4	A 384 a4	mäṃa4t ne rup okät	lotksā	kärsnāṣ putäṅkāṣ : tämne-kk
5	YQ II.15 a5	• klyomänt meträkyāp puk	lotksā	paloṃ träṅkäṣ puk lotksā
6	YQ II.15 a5	lotksā paloṃ träṅkäṣ puk	lotksā	śkaṃ a6 ///
7	YQ N.5 a4	ṣom ṣom karmapath päñ	lotks(ā)	/// a5 /// yo