pokse

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Meaning:	“to announce, proclaim, teach”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āks-
Lexeme variants:	pokse
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	6
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pokse, pokse-ñ	pokses
3

Lexeme family

• āks-
  • āks- “to announce, proclaim, teach” gv
    • aksaṣṣuki “instructor” agnt

      	sg	pl
      nom	aksaṣṣuki
      acc		aksaṣṣukiṃ
      perl		aksaṣṣukintsa

    • āks- “to announce, proclaim, teach” gv.prs11

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	aksaskau, aksaskau-c, aksaskau-me
      2	aksast	aksaścer
      3	aksaṣṣi, aksaṣṣäṃ	aksaṣyeṃ, aksaskeṃ

      • aksaṣṣälle “to be announced, proclaimed, taught” part.prs11

        	sg.m
        nom	aksaṣṣälle, āksaṣälle

      • aksaṣṣeñca “announcing” ptcp.prs11

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	aksaṣṣeñca	aksaṣṣeñca
        acc	aksaṣṣeñcai	aksaṣṣeñcai

      • aksaskemane “announcing, proclaiming, teaching” part.prs11

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	aksaskemane	aksaskemane	aksaskemane	aksaskemane
        acc	aksaskemane	aksaskemane	aksaskemane	aksaskemane

    • āks- “to announce, proclaim, teach” gv.subj2

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      1	akṣim, āksau, aksau-c, aksau-ne, aksau-me
      2	akṣīt
      3	ākṣi, ākṣäṃ, akṣan-me	ākṣtär

      • ākṣalñe “to announce, proclaim, teach” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	ākṣalñe
        acc	ākṣalñe

      • āksi “to announce, proclaim, teach” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	āksi, ākṣtsi
        acc	āksi, ākṣtsi

    • āks- “to announce, proclaim, teach” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	akṣāwa, akṣāwa-c, akṣāwa-me
      2	akṣāsta
      3	ākṣa, akṣā-ne, akṣā-me	akṣāre

      • ākṣu “having been announced” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ākṣoṣ, ākṣu	ākṣoṣ	ākṣuwa
        acc	ākṣoṣ	ākṣoṣ	ākṣuwa

    • āks- “to announce, proclaim, teach” gv.imp6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pokse, pokse-ñ	pokses

Occurrences

pokse

1	PK AS 13J b2	: mā kampelye yakṣaṃnmeṃ	pokse	– /// b3 ///
2	PK AS 17J a3	tāka-c a3 t(e) ñī	pokse	॥ tumeṃ supriye lāntäś
3	THT 367 b5	/// 11σ b5 –	pokse	sumeräntse tarn(e)ne stā ///
4	THT 1403.m b2	/// b2 /// –	pokse	su ///
5	THT 1550 b3	/// – r yamaskeṃ	pokse	ñi twe ce wänte