kārpastär

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Meaning:	“to make descend, to pass on”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kārp-
Lexeme variants:	kārpastär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• kārpā-
  • kārpā- “to descend” gv
    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	korpomar
      3	korpotär	korpyentär, korpontär

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      2	kārpat

      • kārpatsi “to descend” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kārpatsi
        acc	kārpatsi

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	karpāwa	karpām
      2	karpāsta
      3	kārpa

      • kakārpau “to descend” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	kakārpau

    • kārpā- “to descend” gv
      • akārpatte “to descend” priv

        	sg.m
        nom	akārpatte
        acc	akārpacce

  • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus
    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.mid
      3	kārpastär

    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      1	kārpäṣṣim
      3	kārpäṣṣäṃ

    • kārp- “to make descend, to pass on” kaus.pret4

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      2	kārpäṣṣasta
      3		kārpäṣṣate