paksi

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Meaning:	“to rely on, trust”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	paksi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• päkw-
  • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv
    • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv.prs1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pkwamar	pśīyemtär
      3	pakutär	pkwantär

      • pkwalle “to rely on, trust” part.prs1

        	sg.m
        nom	pkwalle

      • pkwamane “relying on, trusting” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane
        acc	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane

    • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv.subj1
      • empakwatte “unreliable, untrustworthy” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	empakwatte

      • pkwalñe “trust” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	pkwalñe
        acc	pkwalñe
        loc	pkwalñene
        perl	pkwalñesa

      • paksi “to rely on, trust” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	paksi
        acc	paksi

Occurrences

paksi

1	Kizil WD-II-1 and 2 b2	2 towä 5 śroka(nti)	paksi	– – wa tow(ä) ///
2	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a29	śātresa putewante tanti maṣame	paksi	a30 māwk carka teṃ
3	PK NS 54 b4	; īte yāmtsi :	paksi	wnolmeṃ ; mā campi