paikatsi

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Meaning:	“to paint, write”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	paikatsi; paiykatsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	paikatsi
voc
acc	paikatsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pikā-
  • pikā- “to paint, write” gv
    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.prs7

      	sg.act
      3	piṅkäṃ

      • piṅkalle “painting, scribing” part.prs7

        	sg.m
        nom	piṅkalle

      • piṅkemane “painting, writing” part.prs7

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	piṅkemane	piṅkemane	piṅkemane	piṅkemane
        acc	piṅkemane	piṅkemane	piṅkemane	piṅkemane

    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	paiykatär-ne

      • paikatsi “to paint, write” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	paikatsi
        acc	paikatsi

      • paikalñe “writing” abstr.subj5

        	sg
        nom	paikalñe
        acc	paikalñe
        perl	paikalñesa

    • pikā- “to paint, write” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1		paiykām	paiykāmai, paikāmai
      3	paiyka	paiykāre	paikāte	paikānte

      • papaikau “having been painted” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	papaikaṣ, papaikau	papaikaṣ
        acc	papaikaṣ	papaikaṣ

Occurrences

paiykatsi

1	H 149.35 b5	kṛtir ācāryabhadantamāb5(tṛceṭasya) /// (yāt)k(a)	paiykatsi	: pañäkti perneṣṣe akālk(s)a
2	IOL Toch 28 b3	– /// b3 ///	(pai)ykatsi	pitk(a) /// b4 ///
3	PK AS 7H a2	yamaṣare ce postakäśc ;	paiykatsi	ñiś yātkawa (:) (ce)
4	PS Bl 17 b1	ce sūtär śīlabhādre y(āt)k(a)	(paiykatsi)

paikatsi

1	PK NS 96 b4	/// • sapharām ne	paikatsi	sa viṣäle ya so
2	PS Stotra I.42 b3	/// b3 /// yātka	paik(atsi)	/// /// s· ·m·
3	Sm-040-YD-Z-01 a1	kä – l· yātka	paikatsi	ce k(r)ent yā(mo)rsa pañi(ktä)ññe
4	THT 357 a6	/// a6 /// yātka	paikatsi	toṃ pelaiknenta /// b1