palyka

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Meaning:	“to see, look”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pälkā-
Lexeme variants:	palyka
Person:	third
Number:	singular
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	pilykāwa-ñ
2
3	palyka	pälykāre		pälkāte

Lexeme family

• pälkā-
  • pälkā- “to see, look” gv
    • pälkā- “to see, look” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	pālkau, pālkau-c, pālkau-ne	palkam
      3	pālkaṃ

      • palkalñe “to see, look” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	palkalñe
        acc	palkalñe
        loc	palkalñene

      • empalkaitte “to see, look” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	empalkaitte

        • empalkattäññe “~ unconcern, heedlessness” subj5

          	sg
          nom	empalkattäññe
          acc	empalkattäññe

      • palkatsi “to see, look” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	palkatsi
        acc	palkatsi

    • pälkā- “to see, look” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	pilykāwa-ñ
      3	palyka	pälykāre	pälkāte

      • pälkau “having seen” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	pälkau	pälkauwa
        acc		pälkauwa

        • pälkor “seeing” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	pälkor
          acc	pälkor
          abl	pälkormeṃ

    • pälkā- “to see, look” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	pālka	palkas, palkas-ne	palkar

Occurrences

palyka

1	IOL Toch 5 b5	; spalkāte ; nāki	palyka	; yolomeṃ ; kalp=
2	IOL Toch 78 b4	; (yo)laiṃ yāmor mā	palyka	: tott= empelye ;
3	IOL Toch 109 b1	b1 /// ·s· cau	palyka	: tu me n·
4	IOL Toch 271 b1	maitreye poyśiññeṣṣe kwr(a)kār ceu	palyka	snai soylñe ts(e)ññ(a)nn(a) – –
5	IOL Toch 754 b3	– /// b3 ///	palyka	snai – /// b4
6	THT 365 a4	katkemāne ; suma(ti) (90)	(pa)a5lyka	täṅwsa no ; keuc{†ä}