spärkau

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Meaning:	“to disappear, perish”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	spärkau
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• spärkā-
  • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv
    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	spärkītär, spärketär, spärketär-ne	spärkentär

    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid
      3	spärkoytär

      • spärkālñe “to disappear, perish” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	spärkālñe
        acc	spärkālñe

      • spärkālle “disappearing” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	spärkālle
        acc	spärkālye

    • spärkā- “to disappear, perish” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	sparkā-ne

      • spärkau “to disappear, perish” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	spärkau

  • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus
    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act
      3	ṣparkäṣṣäṃ

      • ṣpärkaṣṣälle “to cause to disappear, destroy” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣpärkaṣṣälle

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	ṣparkäṣṣi

      • ṣpärkastsi “to cause to disappear, destroy” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ṣpärkastsi
        acc	ṣpärkastsi

      • ṣparkäṣälñe “to cause to disappear, destroy” abstr.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ṣparkäṣälñe
        acc	ṣparkäṣälñe
        perl	ṣparkäṣälñesa

    • spärk- “to cause to disappear, destroy” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      2	ṣpyarkatai-ne

  • spärk- “to get lost, go astray” agv
    • spärk- “to get lost, go astray” agv.subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ṣparśaṃ	ṣpärkeṃ

Occurrences

spärkau

1	PK AS 12A a2	wantrentse ṣärmtsā mentsisa ere	spärkau	/// a3 ñäś näno
2	PK AS 17I a4	po alyeṅkäṃ :	spärkau	sakämpa ; akālkäntse knelñesa
3	THT 18 b3	; yolai(ṃ) pällātär ;	spärkau	pilko ; weṣṣälle sū