palkäṃ

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Meaning:	“to shine”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pälk-
Lexeme variants:	palkäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	palyśi, palkäṃ, pälkan-ne	pälśyeṃ

Lexeme family

• pälk-
  • pälk- “to shine” gv
    • pilke “copper” m

      	sg
      nom	pilke
      acc	pilke

      • pilkeṣṣe “pertaining to copper”

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
        nom	pilkeṣṣe	pilkeṣṣa	pilkeṣṣana
        acc	pilkeṣṣe		pilkeṣṣana

    • pälk- “to shine” gv.prs1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	palyśi, palkäṃ, pälkan-ne	pälśyeṃ

    • pälk- “to shine” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	palka	pälkāre

  • pälk- “to illuminate, show” kaus
    • pälk- “to illuminate, show” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	pyālka

Occurrences

palkäṃ

1	IOL Toch 517 b2	ntsa b2 /// –	palkäṃ	: b3 /// –
2	PK AS 17I a6	ra ; cäñcarñesa se	palkäṃ	: lalaṃ(ṣkana) (p)o ;
3	THT 91 b5	/// b5 cwi krentaunaśc	palkäṃ	॥ tumeṃ candramukhe wa(lo)
4	THT 178 a2	– – – – vakāśam nauṣ ramt	palkäṃ	te maṃnt a3 kuse
5	THT 178 a3	te ramt{†ä} /// ///	palkäṃ	te akāśe ṣṣe te
6	THT 518 a4	a4 /// mṣāssai ersna	palkäṃ	: ku·ā /// a5