nakäṃ

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Meaning:	“(act.) to destroy, lose”; “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	näk-
Lexeme variants:	nakäṃ; nākaṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1-2
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	neku-me	nkem
2
3		nakäṃ

Lexeme family

• näk-
  • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv
    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	näkṣt
      3	nakṣäṃ	näkseṃ	nakṣtär	näksentär

      • näkṣeñca “destroying” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	näkṣeñca	näkṣeñca
        acc	näkṣeñcai	näkṣeñcai	näkṣeñcaṃ

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	neku-me	nkem
      3		nakäṃ

      • naktsi “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	naktsi
        acc	naktsi

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid
      1	nkemar
      3	nśītär, nketär, nketär-me

      • nkelñe “destruction” abstr.m.subj3

        	sg
        nom	nkelñe
        loc	nkelñene

      • nkelle “destroyable” part.subj3

        	sg.m
        nom	nkelle

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	nekwa
      2	nekasta
      3	neksa	neksate, neksate-me	neksante

      • nenku “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	nenku

Occurrences

nakäṃ

1

THT 27 a5

; sanuññ= ālyauce :

nakäṃ

ṣamāññeṣṣe ; maim pälskw

nākaṃ

1	THT 1437.b b3	/// b3 /// tkenta	nākaṃ	no /// b4 ///
2	THT 1543.d b5	mā b5 /// lyīśiña	nākaṃ	tusa cwi śamaśkantse läklenta