pakṣtär

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Meaning:	“(act.) to cook, let ripen”; “(mid.) to cook, ripen”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	päk-
Lexeme variants:	pakṣtär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
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2
3	pakṣäṃ	päkṣiyeñ-c, pakseṃ		pakṣtär, pakṣtär-ne

Lexeme family

• päk-
  • päk- “to let cook (?)” kaus
    • päk- “to let cook (?)” kaus.pret4
      • pepakṣu “has been cooking, boiling, stewing” part.pret4

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	pepakṣu	pepakṣuwa
        acc		pepakṣuwa

  • päk- “(act.) to cook, let ripen” “(mid.) to cook, ripen” gv
    • päk- “(act.) to cook, let ripen” “(mid.) to cook, ripen” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	pakṣäṃ	päkṣiyeñ-c, pakseṃ	pakṣtär, pakṣtär-ne

      • päksemane “cooking, ripening” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	päksemane	päksemane	päksemane	päksemane
        acc	päksemane	päksemane	päksemane	päksemane

      • päkṣalle “having to be cooked, letting ripen” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	päkṣalle	päkṣalya

    • päk- “(act.) to cook, let ripen” “(mid.) to cook, ripen” gv.subj3
      • pkelñe medical term “ripening, maturity” “bad digestion” abstr.subj3

        	sg
        nom	pkelñe
        acc	pkelñe
        gen	pkelñentse

    • päk- “(act.) to cook, let ripen” “(mid.) to cook, ripen” gv.pret3
      • papeku “(act.) to cook, let ripen” “(mid.) to cook, ripen” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	papeku