laikatsi

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Meaning:	“to wash”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	laikatsi
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	laikatsi
voc
acc	laikatsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• likā-
  • likā- “to wash” gv
    • likā- “to wash” gv.prs6

      	sg.mid
      3	laikanatär

    • likā- “to wash” gv.subj5

      	pl.mid
      3	laikontär-ñ

      • laikatsi “to wash” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	laikatsi
        acc	laikatsi

      • laikalñe “to wash” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	laikalñe
        acc	laikalñe
        perl	laikalñesa

    • likā- “to wash” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	laikāte	laikānte

      • lalaikau “having washed” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	lalaikau

        • lalaikar “after having washed” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	lalaikar
          acc	lalaikar
          abl	lalaikarmeṃ

  • lik- “to wash” kaus
    • lik- “to wash” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	likṣyen-ne, likṣan-me	likṣītär, likṣtär

      • lyikṣalle “to wash” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	lyikṣalle

Occurrences

laikatsi

1	IOL Toch 723 b2	b2 /// °lṣṣe cwi	laikatsi	/// b3 /// ·eṃ
2	PK NS 63 b1	b1 /// n· meṃ	laikatsi	yā(tka) b2 /// śānmya