pilke

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Meaning:	“copper”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	pilke
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pilke
voc
acc	pilke
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

pilke

1	PK AS 19.3 a3	– – – nme : ṣemeṃ	pilke	mlo(ṣsa) – paukseṃ :
2	THT 340 b7	b7 /// y·sāmnt rā	pilke	ene·e ///
3	THT 529 b4	• klyauccamoṃ tāmraṃ •	pilke	• ā /// b5
4	THT 1107 b3	palkoṣä(ṃ) krepastaṃ śawāsta mloṣä	pilke	b4
5	THT 1254 b4	b4 /// ·me sa	pilke	sälpä – /// b5
6	THT 1543.d b2	läkle lkāṣäṃ mäkte eñcuwa	pilke	wat b3 /// yau