trīkū

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Meaning:	“to fail, miss, to be confused”; “to confuse, lead astray” Carling and Pinault 2023: “be confused, faint”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	trīkū
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive/intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• trikā-
  • trikā- “to be confused” “to faint” gv
    • treke “confusion” m

      	sg
      nom	treke
      acc	treke
      gen	trekeyis
      inst	trekeyo

      • trekeṃ “confused”

        	sg.m
        nom	trekeṃ

    • trikā- “to be confused” “to faint” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid
      3	trikatär

      • trikant “being confused” “fainting” ptcp.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	trikant	trikant
        acc			trikantās	trikantās

      • trikal “to be confused” “to faint” part.prs3

        	sg.m
        nom	trikal

    • trikā- “to be confused” “to faint” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	trekaṣ-äṃ

    • trikā- “to be confused” “to faint” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	trik, trīka-ṃ

      • triko “confused” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	triko	trikoṣ

  • trik- “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” agv
    • trik- “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	triksam
      3		trikseñc

      • trikṣant “failing, misssing” “being confused” “confusing, leading astray” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	trikṣant	trikṣant

      • trikäsmāṃ “failing, missing, being confused” “confusing, leading astray” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ
        acc	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ	trikäsmāṃ

      • trikässi “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	trikässi
        acc	trikässi

    • trik- “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” agv.subj2
      • triślune “misconduct, confusion” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg	pl
        nom	triślune	triślunentu
        acc	triślune	triślunentu

    • trik- “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      1	trīkū

      • tatriku “be confused, faint” “to fail, miss, to be confused” “to confuse, lead astray” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tatriku	tatrikuṣ

  • trik- “to sin against sb.” kaus
    • trik- “to sin against sb.” kaus.pret2
      • caccrīku “to sin against sb.” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	caccrīku

Occurrences

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A 295 a4

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