palka

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Meaning:	“to shine”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pälk-
Lexeme variants:	palka; pälka

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	palka	pälkāre

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

pälka

1	Kz-213-ZS-Z-03 a1	a1 ///	pälka	ike kre ·(·)e ///
2	PK NS 19 a1	(ṣe)ṣä(r)puw(er)m(eṃ) l(ā)nts(o)ś w(e)ṣṣä(ṃ) – –	p(ä)lk(a)	pi camp i(p)r(erne) ///
3	THT 224 b2	ysaṣṣa askace ; mänt	pälka	; kektseñe täñ kelästa
4	THT 389 a4	6σ a4 /// mcuṣkentse	pälka	ṣpä /// 28σ a5

palka

1

/// a6 śaṅkiś

weña wai (skwa)sso(nt) ///