spāltäṅkāntär

Cite this page as:	"spāltäṅkāntär". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_spāltäṅkāntär (accessed 12 Jan. 2026).
Meaning:	“~ to strive actively/forcefully for” Carling and Pinault 2023: “make an effort, strive for”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	spālkā-
Lexeme variants:	spāltäṅkāntär
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	7
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• spāltkā-
  • spāltkā- “make an effort, strive for” “~ to strive actively/forcefully for” gv
    • spāltkā- “make an effort, strive for” “~ to strive actively/forcefully for” gv.prs7

      	pl.mid
      3	spāltäṅkāntär

      • spāltäṅkāmāṃ “~ striving actively/forcefully for” part.prs7

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ
        acc	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ	spāltäṅkāmāṃ

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.