paiykām

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Meaning:	“to paint, write”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pikā-
Lexeme variants:	paiykām; paikām
Person:	first
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1		paiykām		paiykāmai, paikāmai
2
3	paiyka	paiykāre		paikāte	paikānte

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

paiykām

1

G-Su 32 a1

। wiryadewe tuntse ṣotri

paiykām

paikām

1

SHT 768.2 a17

a17 ॥ indr(a)s(e){ne}ntse pelkeṃ

paikām

ceṃ pkarsas ॥