protkaṃ

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Meaning:	“prison, enclosure”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	prautke
Lexeme variants:	protkaṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• prutkā-
  • prutk- “be shut, be filled” “(caus.) shut, contain, check” kaus
    • prutk- “be shut, be filled” “(caus.) shut, contain, check” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	prutkäṣ	prutäkseñc

    • prutk- “be shut, be filled” “(caus.) shut, contain, check” kaus.subj9

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	prutkāṣ-ñi	prutkāseñc

    • prutk- “be shut, be filled” “(caus.) shut, contain, check” kaus.pret2

      	pl.act
      3	paprutkār

      • paprutku “be shut, be filled” “(caus.) shut, contain, check” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	paprutkunt	paprutkunt	paprutkuṣ, paprutkunt	paprutkunt
        acc	paprutkunt	paprutkunt	paprutkuñcäs, paprutkunt	paprutkunt

  • prutkā- “to be shut” “be filled” gv
    • protäk “prison, enclosure” m

      	sg
      nom	protäk
      acc	protäk
      loc	protkaṃ

    • prutkā- “to be shut” “be filled” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	protkaṣ

      • prutkālune “containment, stopping, checking” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	prutkālune
        acc	prutkālune

    • prutkā- “to be shut” “be filled” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	prutäk	protkar-ñi, protkar-äṃ

      • prutko “to be shut” “be filled” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	prutko, prutkont	prutkont	prutkoṣ, prutkont	prutkont
        acc	prutkont	prutkont	prutkont	prutkont

    • prutkā- “to be shut” “be filled” gv.pret3

      	pl.act
      3	prockär

Occurrences

protkaṃ

1	A 215 a5	ṣakk ats dhani –	protkaṃ	prutkāṣ-ñi • ॥ tärmmāṃ
2	YQ I.6 b4	et-ñi wtā-k ṣakkats dhanīke	protkaṃ	prutkāṣ-ñi 1 ॥ täb5(rmmāṃ)