päskāya

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Meaning:	“to strive, attempt”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	skāyā-
Lexeme variants:	päskāya
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	päskāya	päskāyas
3

Lexeme family

• skāyā-
  • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv
    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.prs6

      	sg.act
      3	skainaṃ

      • skainālle “to strive, attempt” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	skainālle

      • skaināmane “striving, attempting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane
        acc	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	skāyoym, skāyau
      3	skāyoy, skāyaṃ, skāya-ñ

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	päskāya	päskāyas

Occurrences

päskāya

1	IOL Toch 214 a5	– – p· – – – ·au	(pä)skāya	sāmpatsi : ka° ///
2	IOL Toch 659 a3	ñ(i) /// a3 °ktsi	päskāya	॥ /// a4 tärkormeṃ
3	PK NS 159 b3	/// b3 /// tsi	päskāya	॥ tu(m)e(ṃ) /// b4
4	THT 295 a9	(lä)ntsi ;	päskāya	5 po lläklenta ;
5	THT 609 b3	/// b3 /// ddheṃ	päskāya	winām· /// b4 ///