mauka

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Meaning:	“to refrain from, desist”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	mukā-
Lexeme variants:	mauka; māukä
Person:	third
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
2	maukāsta			maukatai
3	mauka	maukāre

Lexeme family

• maukā-
  • mauk- uncertain kaus
    • mauk- uncertain kaus.prs9b

      	sg.mid
      2	maukästār

  • maukā- “to refrain from, desist” gv
    • maukā- “to refrain from, desist” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	maukaṃ

    • maukā- “to refrain from, desist” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	maukāsta		maukatai
      3	mauka	maukāre

Occurrences

mā_ukä

1

THT 4091.1 b4y

b4x yoksi yātaṃ b4y

māukä

pepyutkuwa lalaitauwa wat śikse

mauka

1	THT 266 b3	ālyeṅkäṃts kab3latsi mā ñi	mauka	arañce ṣeme kṣaṃn ra
2	THT 591 b6	lālyīs= aṣkār ; mā	mauka	: maskwantaññeṣṣe ; ime