pautoy

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Meaning:	“to honour, flatter”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	potā-
Lexeme variants:	pautoy
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	pautoy

Lexeme family

• pautā-
  • pautā- “to honour, flatter” gv
    • pautā- “to honour, flatter” gv.prs4

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	pautotär	pautontär

      • pautolle “to honour, flatter” part.prs4

        	sg.m
        nom	pautolle
        all	pautolleśc

    • pautā- “to honour, flatter” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	pautoy

    • pautā- “to honour, flatter” gv.pret1
      • papautau “having flattered” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	papautau

        • papautar “flattering” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	papautar
          acc	papautar
          abl	papautarmeṃ

Occurrences

pautoy

1	PK NS 168 a3	/// a3 /// r	pautoy	ṣar we m(a) ///
2	THT 33 b3	se sampä ksa ;	pautoy	ñäś 6 ñi kka