picäs

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Meaning:	“to go”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	i-
Lexeme variants:	picäs; pic; piś

Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	7
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	piṣ	picäs, pic-äkk	pines
3

Lexeme family

i-
- i- “to go” gv
  - i- “to go” gv.prs1
    
    sg.act pl.act
    
    1 yem, yäm ymäs
    
    2 yet, yät yäc
    
    3 yeṣ, yeṣ-ñi, yeś-śi, yeṣ-äṃ, yäṣ, yṣ-äṃ, yṣ-äm yeñc, yeñc-äṃ, yiñc, yiñc-äṃ
    - yälymi “lesson, chapter” “extract” m.prs1
      
      sg pl
      
      nom yälymi yälymiññ
      
      acc yälymi yälmis
      
      perl yälymiyā
    - yäl “to go” part.prs1
      
      sg.m sg.f
      
      nom yäl
      
      acc yälyāṃ
    - ytsi “to go” inf.n.prs1
      
      sg
      
      nom ytsi
      
      acc ytsi
    - ymāṃ “going” part.prs1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ
      
      acc ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ ymāṃ
  - i- “to go” gv.imp7
    
    sg.act pl.act du.act
    
    2 piṣ picäs, pic-äkk pines

Occurrences

piś

1

/// klop wikässi yeñc

koṭikaa4(rṇe) /// : paṣäm

pic

1	A 15 a4	yalis mosaṃ ālu ype	pic	poś träṅki tämne pyāmäs
2	A 59 b4	ṣotreyäntu kärsoñcäs prāmnās wotäk	pic	cämplub5(mäṣ) /// (ritwālyi) (epe)
3	A 78 b1	b1 /// (kā)kropuräṣ träṅkäṣ	p(i)c	cämplumäṣ kus ne säm
4	THT 1592.a a2	s· mā cämpam-ci waṣtā	pic	/// a3 /// – – – – –
5	THT 3988.a a3	rī ri mn· ॥	pic	wca – kauśike pni
6	YQ III.12 b4	wināssi lek yāmuräṣ träṅkäṣ	pic	ane b5 /// prāryo

picäs

1	A 31 a6	oky udu(mparṣi) /// (waṣtä)a6ṣ	picäs	sne waṣt purāc ///
2	A 119 a5	a5 /// empelune •	picäs	ymār ṣu p_ukāks-äṃ – – –
3	A 269 and 290 a4	; (pu)k kä(r)k(ṣi)n(āsä)ṣ{†ä} ;	picäs	ṣā(mnā)ñ ; (riyäṣ) (riyac)
4	A 288 b3	kakmuṣ ॥ (sātagiri) (träṅkäṣ)	(picäs)	(was) (kuc) (ne) (waiśravaṃ)
5	A 288 b5	(träṅkäṣ) (kāsu) weñāṣt ṣu	pi(cäs)	(lcä)r poñś ॥ praveśakk
6	YQ I.1 a5	(kakmuṣ) (॥) (sātāgiri) (trä)ṅkäṣ	p(i)cäs	was kuc ne waiśravaṃ
7	YQ I.1 a7	(haimavati) – – – – – (weñā)ṣt ṣu	picäs	lcär poñś ॥ praveśakk
8	YQ I.4 b1	orto cacluräṣ träṅkäṣ ṣu	picäs	sewāñ psesāc-ñi ku° b2
9	YQ II.15 b5	: 1 ॥ tämyo	picäs	yas ṣāmnāñ ṣñi kāswone