mälkāte

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Meaning:	“~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	mälkā-
Lexeme variants:	mälkāte
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				mälkāte	mälkānte

Lexeme family

• mälkā-
  • mälk- “~ to cross (the arms)” kaus
    • mälk- “~ to cross (the arms)” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act
      3	mälkäṣṣäṃ

  • mälkā- “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” gv
    • mälkā- “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	mälkāte	mälkānte

      • mälkau “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	mälkau	mälkauwa
        acc		mälkauwa

    • mälkā- “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” gv.subj5
      • malkatsi “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	malkatsi
        acc	malkatsi

      • malkalñe “~ to put (on) (jewellery, weapons)” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	malkalñe
        acc	malkalñe

Occurrences

mälkāte

1

IOL Toch 131 b3

b3 /// °r·o tsaiñe

mälkāte

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