piktsi

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Meaning:	“to paint, write”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	piktsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	piktsi
voc
acc	piktsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pikā-
  • pikā- “to paint, write” gv
    • peke “painting” m

      	sg
      nom	peke
      acc	peke
      loc	pekeyaṃ

      • pekeṣi “prtng. to a painting”

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	pekeṣi	pekeṣi

      • peklune “painting” n

        	sg
        perl	pekluneyā

        • pekluneṣi “of writing”

          	sg.m
          acc	pekluneṣi

    • pekant “painter” agnt.m

      	sg	pl
      nom	pekant
      acc	pekäntāṃ
      gen	pekäntāp	pekäntāśśi
      all	pekäntānac

    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.prs1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	pikäṣ	pikiñc	piktär	pikäntär

      • piktsi “to paint, write” inf.n.prs1

        	sg
        nom	piktsi
        acc	piktsi

    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	pekatär

      • peklune “to paint, write” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	peklune
        acc	peklune

    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.pret1

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		peke	pekamät
      3	pekar	pekat

      • pāpeku “to paint, write” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	pāpeku, pāpekunt	pāpekunt	pāpekunt	pāpekunt
        acc	pāpekunt	pāpekunt	pāpekunt	pāpekunt

        • pāpekur “having painted/written” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	pāpekur
          acc	pāpekur
          abl	pāpekuräṣ

Occurrences

piktsi

1	A 265 a1	a1 – ·tāśäṃtāññ āṅkāṃśäl	piktsi	wotkar • vaibhāṣik(yā)
2	A 273 b6	(ñom) ; (akṣar) (peke)	(piktsi)	; (āklye) (yāmwe) (näṣ)
3	A 302 a3	pältsäṅkeñc sārit ypeñc pikänträ	piktsi	pat nu a4 ///
4	THT 605 a4	॥ säs śäkwepint amok	piktsi	papyutäk • ॥ ॥
5	THT 1128 a1	säs pänt amok pyockäs	piktsi	• ॥ ta ॥
6	YQ I.10 b7	yälmi b7 ///	(pi)ktsi	wotäk • kāṣṣar kalyānagautamiṃñcäb8(s)