putäk

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Meaning:	“to divide, separate, distinguish”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	putkā-
Lexeme variants:	putäk
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	putäk	potkar

Lexeme family

• putkā-
  • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv
    • potäk “tax, tribute” “hand, paw” m
      • potäk(2) “in extension, at length”
    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.prs7

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      3	putäṅkāṣ	pūtäṅkāntär

      • pūtäṅkātsi “to divide, separate, distinguish” inf.n.prs7

        	sg
        nom	pūtäṅkātsi
        acc	pūtäṅkātsi

    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	potkam

      • putkālune “separation” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	putkālune
        acc	putkālune

    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	putäk	potkar

      • putko “to divide, separate, distinguish” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	putko

        • putkor “to divide, separate, distinguish” abstr.n.pret1

          	sg
          perl	putkorā