lyaukar

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Meaning:	“(act.) to illuminate”; “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	luk-
Lexeme variants:	lyaukar
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1					lyuksamnte
2
3	lyauksa	lyaukar, lyaukar-ne		lauksāte

Lexeme family

• lukā-
  • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv
    • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid
      3	lyuketär

    • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	lyuka, lyukā-me

    • lukā- “to light up, be illuminated” gv.subj5
      • lukatsi “to light up, be illuminated” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	lukatsi
        acc	lukatsi

  • luk- “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” agv
    • luk- “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2			lukṣtar
      3	lukṣi, lukṣäṃ	lukseṃ		luksentär

      • luksemane “lighting up, being illuminated” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	luksemane	luksemane	luksemane	luksemane
        acc	luksemane	luksemane	luksemane	luksemane

    • luk- “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” agv.subj2

      	sg.mid
      3	lyuśtär

      • lyuśilñe “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	lyuśilñe
        acc	lyuśilñe
        perl	lyuśilñesa

      • lyuśsi “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	lyuśsi
        acc	lyuśsi

    • luk- “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” agv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1				lyuksamnte
      3	lyauksa	lyaukar, lyaukar-ne	lauksāte

      • lyelyūku “(act.) to illuminate” “(mid.) to light up, be illuminated” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	lyelyukoṣ, lyelyūku	lyelyukoṣ
        acc	lyelyukoṣ	lyelyukoṣ
        loc	lyelyukoṣne

Occurrences

lyaukar

1

PK NS 34 b1

: läktsauñai(sa) (kekt)s(e)ñṣai ;

lyaukar

śaiṣṣeṃ tarltsecceṃ : b2