aiku

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Meaning:	“to know, recognize”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	aiku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• aik-
  • aik- “to know, recognize” gv
    • aik- “to know, recognize” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	aiśimar, aikemar
      2	aiśtar
      3	aiśtär, aiśtär-me	aikentär

      • aiśeñca “knowing, recognizing” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aiśeñca, aiyśeñca	aiśeñca, aiyśeñca	aiśeñcañ	aiśeñcañ
        acc	aiśeñcai	aiśeñcai

      • aikemane “knowing” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aikemane	aikemane	aikemane	aikemane
        acc	aikemane	aikemane	aikemane	aikemane
        gen	aikemanentse	aikemanentse

      • aiśalle “knowing” part.prs2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	aiśalle	aiśalyi

    • aik- “to know, recognize” gv.subj2

      	sg.mid
      3	aiśitär

      • aistsi “to know, recognize” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	aistsi
        acc	aistsi

    • aik- “to know, recognize” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	ekasta	aiksātai
      3			aiksante

      • aiku “to know, recognize” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	aiku

  • aiśamo “wise”

    	sg.m
    nom	aiśamo

    • aiśamñe “wisdom, reason, sense, insight, knowledge” n

      	sg	pl
      nom	aiśamñe	aiśamñenta
      acc	aiśamñe	aiśamñenta
      loc	aiśamñene
      perl	aiśamñesa

      • aiśamñeṣṣe “pertaining to wisdom”

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	aiśamñeṣṣe	aiśamñeṣṣa	aiśamñeṣṣi
        acc	aiśamñeṣṣe	aiśamñeṣṣai	aiśamñeṣṣeṃ

Occurrences

aiku

1	THT 31 a4	ṣamāññents= ayātoś • totkāts	aiku	; kwri tākaṃ ;
2	THT 31 a6	snai tsnamñe ; totkānts	aiku	; te mant kärsaurmeṃ
3	THT 31 a8	ānaiśai ; mā ranw	aiku	; kärsau ñy akalṣle