pkwalle

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Meaning:	“to rely on, trust”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	pkwalle
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	P-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• päkw-
  • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv
    • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv.prs1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	pkwamar	pśīyemtär
      3	pakutär	pkwantär

      • pkwalle “to rely on, trust” part.prs1

        	sg.m
        nom	pkwalle

      • pkwamane “relying on, trusting” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane
        acc	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane	pkwamane

    • päkw- “to rely on, trust” gv.subj1
      • empakwatte “unreliable, untrustworthy” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	empakwatte

      • pkwalñe “trust” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	pkwalñe
        acc	pkwalñe
        loc	pkwalñene
        perl	pkwalñesa

      • paksi “to rely on, trust” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	paksi
        acc	paksi

Occurrences

pkwalle

1	THT 23 b8	; ānandeṃśco ; yolo	pkwalle	; yolaiṃmeṃ ṣek ;
2	THT 103 a4	nt· /// a4 ccesa	pkwalle	nesäṃ knetär-ñ /// a5
3	THT 367 a5	a5 mo pi orotse	pkwalle	• ṣkas /// a6
4	THT 606 a4	kucalle star-ñ se mā	pkwalle	lantuṃñe īke pästä ///
5	THT 1290 a5	/// a5 /// –	pkwalle	ṣñaṣṣe yata se ne