paskemar

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Meaning:	“to protect, to observe (rules), practice”; “beware of”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pās-
Lexeme variants:	paskemar
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1				paskemar	paskemntär
2
3					paskentär, paskentär-c

Lexeme family

• pāsk-
  • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv
    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	paskemar	paskemntär
      3		paskentär, paskentär-c

      • paṣṣeñca “protecting, observing (rules), practicing” “being beware of” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	paṣṣeñca	paṣṣeñca	paṣṣeñcañ	paṣṣeñcañ

      • paṣṣalle “protecting” part.prs2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	paṣṣalle	paṣṣalyi

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.subj2

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pāskem	paṣṣīmar
      2			paṣṣītär
      3		paṣṣītär, pāṣtär	paṣṣīyentär

      • paṣṣalñe “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	paṣṣalñe
        acc	paṣṣalñe

      • pāṣtsi “protection, to protect” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	pāṣtsi
        acc	pāṣtsi
        gen	pāssintse

      • apāṣṣätte “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” priv.subj2

        	sg.m
        nom	apāṣṣätte

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	paṣṣāmai
      2	paṣṣatai
      3		paṣṣānte

      • papāṣṣu “having been protected/practiced” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	papāṣṣoṣ, papāṣṣu	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣwa
        acc	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣṣoṣ	papāṣwa
        gen		papāṣṣoṣäṃts

        • papāṣṣorñe “moral behavior” msg.pret1

          	sg
          nom	papāṣṣorñe
          acc	papāṣṣorñe
          gen	papāṣṣorñentse
          loc	papāṣṣorñene
          perl	papāṣṣorñesa

          • papāṣṣorñeṣṣe “pertaining moral behavior” pret1

            	sg.m	pl.m
            nom	papāṣṣorñeṣṣe
            acc	papāṣṣorñeṣṣe	papāṣṣorñeṣṣeṃ

    • pāsk- “to protect, to observe (rules), practice” “beware of” gv.imp1

      	pl.mid
      2	pāṣṣat

Occurrences

paskemar

1	PK AS 15H a2	a2 /// ··ṃ ñiś	paskemar	॥ /// a3 ///
2	PK AS 16.7 a1	nai pālka mäkte yknesa	paskemar	ñiś yaitkor poyśiṃ säswentse
3	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b6	(y)aitkor wärpab6namar pāsi astare	paskemar
4	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b6	(y)aitkor wärpab6namar pāsi astare	paskemar