spalkāte

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Meaning:	“~ to strive actively/forcefully for”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	spāltkā-
Lexeme variants:	spalkāte

Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				spalkāte, spalkāte-ne

Lexeme family

spālkā-
- spālkā- “~ to strive actively/forcefully for” gv
  - spālkā- “~ to strive actively/forcefully for” gv.prs9a
    
    pl.mid
    
    3 spalkaṣyentär, spalkkaskentär-ñ
    - spalkaskemane “~ striving actively/forcefully for” part.prs9a
  - spālkā- “~ to strive actively/forcefully for” gv.pret1
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 spalkāte, spalkāte-ne

Occurrences

spalkāte

1

krent tañ paiynene ;

; nāki palyka ;