pepalykusai

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Meaning:	“to burn, torment”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	pepalykusai
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	pepalyku
voc
acc		pepalykusai
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pälkā-
  • pälkā- “to burn” gv
    • pälkā- “to burn” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid
      3	pälketär-ne

  • pälk- “to burn, torment” agv
    • pälk- “to burn, torment” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	pälkṣäṃ	palkṣtär

    • pälk- “to burn, torment” agv.subj2

      	sg.mid
      3	palyśitär

      • pälyśalñe “ascesis lit. burning, torment” abstr.m.subj2

        	sg
        nom	pälyśalñe
        acc	pälyśalñe
        loc	pilycalñene

        • pilycalñetstse “ascetic” subj2

          	sg.m
          nom	pilycalñetstse
          voc	pilycalñeccu

    • pälk- “to burn, torment” agv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	pelykwa
      2		palyksatai

      • pepalyku “to burn, torment” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	pepalyku
        acc		pepalykusai

Occurrences

pepalykusai

1	THT 15 a4	(pudñä)kte ; läkles(su)ntsai ;	pepalyk{a→u}sai	; pelai(kn=) (ākṣa) ;
2	THT 17 a5	pua5(d)ñ(äk)t(e) ; (lä)kl(e)ssuntsai ;	p(epa)lykusai	; p(elaikn=) (ākṣ){ā→a} ;