prekṣäṃ

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Meaning:	“to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pärk-
Lexeme variants:	prekṣäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	preksau-c
2	prekṣt
3	prekṣi-ne, prekṣäṃ, prekṣäñ-cä	prekṣiyeṃ, prekseṃ		prekṣītär

Lexeme family

• pärk-
  • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv
    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	preksau-c
      2	prekṣt
      3	prekṣi-ne, prekṣäṃ, prekṣäñ-cä	prekṣiyeṃ, prekseṃ	prekṣītär

      • prekṣalle “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.prs8

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	prekṣalle	prekṣalona
        acc		prekṣalona

      • preksemane “asking, bringing up a question, asking for, begging” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane
        acc	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane	preksemane

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	preku, preku-c
      2	parśit
      3	parśi-ne, prekäṃ-ne	parśyen-me, parkän-me

      • parktsi “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	parktsi
        acc	parktsi

      • parkälle “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	parkälle

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      1	prekuwa
      3	preksa, preksa-ne	prekar	parksante-ne

      • peparku “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	peparkoṣ, peparku	peparkoṣ
        acc	peparkoṣ	peparkoṣ

        • peparkor “asking, begging” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          nom	peparkor
          acc	peparkor
          abl	peparkormeṃ

    • pärk- “to ask, bring up a question, ask for, beg” gv.imp3

      	pl.mid
      2	parksat

Occurrences

prekṣäṃ

1	IOL Toch 62 b1	• eneṅka b1 ///	(prek)ṣ(äṃ)	• kete ṣañ tākaṃ
2	PK AS 13B b6	ai(se) /// b6 ///	p(re)kṣäṃ	ñakta sāṃ lkālñeṣṣa peñiya
3	PK AS 17J a2	yatsi ॥ tane su(p)ri(yeṃ)	(p)r(e)kṣäṃ	kā twe klyomai allek-pälsko
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a9	preksa te weña akau	prea10kṣäṃ	wantiśkenmeṃ tsmoñesa kamāmtte akaumtsa
5	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a13	akau a13 yaltse cāneṃ	prekṣäṃ	koroyi(nts)e /// /// ·i
6	PK LC 10 a3	yotkolat yṣuwa- a3 rsa	prekṣäṃ	• tu yesi päst
7	PK LC 15 a1	/// (j)ñ(ā)ṇacaṃndreṃ ṇyāṇarakṣite yṣuwarsa	prekṣäṃ	lāre tatteṃ śka yasa
8	PK NS 18 a4	ekne ॥ ceṭika vid(ū)ṣakeṃ	prekṣäṃ	ratikara mäkcau lantameṃ keka(mormeṃ)
9	PK NS 32 b4	eṅsate-ne asāb4(nne) (lyāmate-ne) (yṣuwarsa)	(pre)kṣäṃ	• kuce wäntaresa käṣī
10	THT 91 b6	/// b6 amācänt{ä→a}	prekṣäṃ	kuse samp eṅwe ste
11	THT 130 a3	/// yy· • tumeṃ	(p)re(kṣäṃ)	/// a4 /// tumeṃ
12	THT 331 b1	olyapotse akākatte yaka ce	prekṣäṃ	• tuwak maiyasa yaka
13	THT 397 b4	lv(a) /// b4 ///	prekṣäṃ	॥ paṇḍurā(ṅkä)ññ(e)n(e) ॥ kuse
14	THT 492 a1	āryawarmeṃ tsamo yṣuwarsa	prekṣäṃ	sessatatte rine me a2
15	THT 592 b1	/// kc(a) riññe śaumoṃ	prekṣäṃ	ṣekaññe b2 /// lñe
16	THT 611 a3	/// a3 /// udāyiṃ	prekṣäṃ	• /// a4 ///
17	THT 612 b3	/// b3 /// kokalpäntai	prekṣäṃ	• kuce (t)w(e) ///
18	THT 613 b2	mā ka kañmäṃ cau	pr(e)kṣäṃ	/// b3 /// weṣṣäṃ
19	THT 1628.f b1	/// b1 /// –	prekṣäṃ	ce ///
20	THT 2657 b1	/// – mā neṃ	prekṣäṃ	/// b2 /// –