triko

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Meaning:	“confused”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	trikau
Lexeme variants:	triko
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ont
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	triko		trikoṣ
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

triko

1	A 134 b1	/// ṣ{†ä} pāṇḍu wäl	triko	oki eṅkäl· /// b2
2	A 318 and 319 b6	; worpu antiṣpuryo ;	triko	=ki /// 2σ 5σ