worku

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Meaning:	“to turn”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	worku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• wärk-
  • wärk- “to turn” gv
    • wärk- “to turn” gv.pret2
      • wärkṣant “to turn” ptcp.pret2

        	pl.f
        nom	wärkṣantāñ

      • wärkṣäl “to turn” part.pret2
      • wärkṣäl “strength, power” abstr.n.pret2

        	sg
        inst	wärkṣälyo

        • wärkṣalts “strong, powerful, vigorous” pret2

          	sg.m
          nom	wärkṣalts

        • wärṣälts “energetic, strong” pret2

          	sg.m	pl.m
          nom	wärṣälts	wärṣṣältse
          acc	wärṣṣältsäṃ
          inst	wärṣältsänyo

          • wärṣaltsune “strength, energy” n.pret2

            	sg
            nom	wärṣaltsune
            acc	wärṣaltsune
            inst	wärṣaltsuneyo

      • worku “to turn” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	worku

Occurrences

worku

1

YQ II.10 b1

13σ /// ; (kā)su

worku

; esnaṃ wärts :