preksa

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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:	preksa
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	prekuwa
2
3	preksa, preksa-ne	prekar			parksante-ne

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

preksa

1	IOL Toch 85 b1	perne(ś) /// b1 ///	pr(e)ksa	śka-maiyyai • mäkceu yāmors(a)
2	IOL Toch 155 a2	/// lkātsi 20-7 nano	preksa	; śpālmeṃ tāś ;
3	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a4	po putewa(nte) /// a4	preksa	peri mā wasa saṅkrā(mn)e
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a7	k(eś) (ne) cān(eṃ) p(e)r(i)	pr(e)ksa	ṣkas y(i)a8ltse po putewante
5	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a9	retkene yasiś śak kauma	preksa	te weña akau prea10kṣäṃ
6	THT 3 a6	pe·eṃ ceu ykene :	preksa	ṣamāneṃ pudñäkte ; mäktāu
7	THT 5 a3	kokalentse ; kautalñe ;	preksa	poyśiṃ ; (ot) a4
8	THT 14 b6	añcāl ṣarne ; sklok	preksa	: /// /// (kt)sai;tsäññeśä
9	THT 371 a5	/// bodhisatve ceyna yākṣeṃ	preksa	ko /// a6 ///
10	THT 1305 a1	/// ṣäññeṃmpā – – pūdñäkte	preksa	: – – a2 ///
11	THT 1540.b a3	tū läkleñ 20-7 wälo	preksa	cī ka nai śi
12	THT 1566 a3	– – n· ni maitreye	preksa	a4 /// ku·e sa
13	THT 4091.1 a4x	a4x upālī pañikti käṣṣiṃ	preksa	b1x mā-putkañemeṃ b4x yoksi