skāyoy

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Meaning:	“to strive, attempt”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	skāyā-
Lexeme variants:	skāyoy
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	skāyoym, skāyau
2
3	skāyoy, skāyaṃ, skāya-ñ

Lexeme family

• skāyā-
  • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv
    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.prs6

      	sg.act
      3	skainaṃ

      • skainālle “to strive, attempt” part.prs6

        	sg.m
        nom	skainālle

      • skaināmane “striving, attempting” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane
        acc	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane	skaināmane

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	skāyoym, skāyau
      3	skāyoy, skāyaṃ, skāya-ñ

    • skāyā- “to strive, attempt” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	päskāya	päskāyas

Occurrences

skāyoy

1	IOL Toch 78 a3	/// a3 /// °ltsi	skāyoy	su papāṣṣoṣmeṃ wākisa ṣañ
2	PK AS 15C b1	/// °lyom{†ä} samu(d)tär{†ä} –	(s)k(ā)yoy	wa ··n· pi k·
3	THT 520 b3	b3 /// rkoy :	skā(yo)y{†ä}	yänmātsi poyśintse pa ///