kärkāte

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Meaning:	“to rob, steal, remove”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kärkā-
Lexeme variants:	kärkāte
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				kärkāte	kärkānte-ne

Lexeme family

• kärkā-
  • kärkā- “to rob, steal, remove” gv
    • kärkanamo “stealing”

      	sg.m
      nom	kärkanamo

    • kärkā- “to rob, steal, remove” gv.prs6

      	sg.act
      3	kärkänoytär

      • kärknāmane “robing, stealing, removing” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärknāmane	kärknāmane	kärknāmane	kärknāmane
        acc	kärknāmane	kärknāmane	kärknāmane	kärknāmane

    • kärkā- “to rob, steal, remove” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	kärkāte	kärkānte-ne

      • kärkau “to rob, steal, remove” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	kärkau

    • kärkā- “to rob, steal, remove” gv.subj5
      • karkatsi “to rob, steal, remove” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karkatsi
        acc	karkatsi

Occurrences

kärkāte

1	IOL Toch 178 b4	• anāriṃ po päst	kärkāte	• – /// b5
2	IOL Toch 178 b7	/// b7 /// yente	kärkāte	(c)w(i) no tsakṣträ ñke