pitka

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Meaning:	“to command”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wätk-
Lexeme variants:	pitka
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pitka	pitkaso
3

Lexeme family

• wätkā-
  • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv
    • wetke “separation” m

      	sg
      nom	wetke
      acc	wetke

    • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      1		wätkomtär
      2	wätkoyt

      • aitkatte “unintentional” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	aitkatte

    • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	wätkāwa
      3	wätkā

      • wätkau “having been separated” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wätkoṣ, wätkau	wätkoṣ
        acc	wätkoṣ	wätkoṣ
        abl	wätkoṣmeṃ

  • wätk- “to command” kaus
    • wätk- “to command” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	watkäskau, watkäskau-c
      2	watkäst	watkäścer-ñ
      3	watkäṣṣi, watkäṣṣäṃ

      • watkäṣle “to command” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	watkäṣle

      • watkäṣṣälñe “command” abstr.n.prs9b

        	sg
        nom	watkäṣṣälñe
        acc	watkäṣṣälñe
        gen	watkäṣṣälñentse
        loc	watkäṣṣälñene
        perl	watkäṣṣälñesa

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	watkaṣṣi, watkäṣṣäṃ

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	yātkawa
      2	yātkasta
      3	yātka, yātka-ñ, yātka-c, yātka-me	yātkare

      • yaitku “having commanded” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	yaitku	yaitkusa

        • yaitkor “command” abstr.msg.pret2

          	sg
          nom	yaitkor
          acc	yaitkor
          loc	yaitkorne
          perl	yaitkorsa

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pitka	pitkaso

  • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv
    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.prs9a

      	sg.act
      3	wätkaṣṣäṃ-ne

    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	wotkäṃ	wotkeṃ

    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	otkasa-me

Occurrences

pitka

1	IOL Toch 28 b3	/// b3 /// (pai)ykatsi	pitk(a)	/// b4 /// (yo)l(o)
2	IOL Toch 212 a8	a8 /// pauṃ w(r)ākaññeṃ	pitka	kala(tsi) /// a9 ///
3	IOL Toch 248 b4	tanāpate kraṣiyate • twe	pitka	wes āb5m lamam •
4	IOL Toch 676 a1	a1 /// ·ātsi	pitka	/// a2 /// ka
5	THT 100 a3	– – arwāts avīśäṣṣe au(rtsesa)	(pitka)	(o)rotsai koṣkai yāmtsi krui