päskāyäs

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Meaning:	“to strive, attempt”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	skāyā-
Lexeme variants:	päskāyäs
Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• skāyā-
  • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv
    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	skenat
      3	skenaṣ	skeneñc

      • skenal “to strive, attempt” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	skenal

      • skenmāṃ “striving, attempting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ
        acc	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ	skenmāṃ

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	skāyaṣ

      • skāylune “to strive, attempt” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	skāylune
        acc	skāylune
        inst	skāyluneyo

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	skāyā
      3	skāy

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.imp1

      	pl.act
      2	päskāyäs

Occurrences

päskāyäs

1	A 72 a6	ālam wcanis śol tätkässi	päskāyäs	b1 /// k ṣñi
2	A 216 b5	krop b5 /// (lkā)tsi	päskāyäs	b6 /// (la)kṣaṃ āleb7(n)
3	A 227-228 b2	12σ 12σ b2 ;	päskāyäs	: äñcaṃ lyalypūrā ;
4	YQ II.4 b4	kapśiññaṃ taryākb4(-we-pi) (lakṣaṇäs) (lkātsi)	(päskāyäs)	(ku)s ne tom yasäṃ