karpāwa

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Meaning:	“to descend”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kārpā-
Lexeme variants:	karpāwa

Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

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

karpāwa

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