kārpatsi

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Meaning:	“to descend”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kārpatsi

Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kārpatsi
voc
acc	kārpatsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

Occurrences

kārpatsi

1	PK AS 17G b6	/// b6 /// (auntsa)nte	kārpatsi	mäkte orotsana parśaiṃ iprermeṃ
2	PK AS 17K a5	prea5ke ste säswentse kerccīyenmeṃ	kā(r)pa(ts)i	(no) k(a)ñcāṃ-ysāṣṣe kwrakārne raṅkaṣṣe
3	PK NS 83 b7	wesäñ ñäke ente wärttone	kārpatsi	• (kāl)l(am) pi mc(u)ṣkeṃ