sruka

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Meaning:	“to die”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	sruka
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	srukāwa	srukām
2		srukās
3	sruka	srukāre

Lexeme family

• srukā-
  • srukā- “to die” gv
    • srukā- “to die” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	srukentär	srukyentär

      • srukemane “dying” part.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane
        acc	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane	srukemane

    • srukā- “to die” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	sraukau
      3	srūkoy, sraukaṃ

      • srukalñe “death” abstr.m.subj5

        	sg
        nom	srukalñe
        acc	srukalñe
        gen	srukalñentse
        abl	srukalñemeṃ
        perl	srukalñesa
        all	srukalñeśc

        • srukalñeṣṣe “pertaining to death” subj5

          	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
          nom	srukalñeṣṣe		srukalñeṣṣana
          acc	srukalñeṣṣe	srukalñeṣṣai	srukalñeṣṣana

      • srukalle “dying” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	srukalle
        acc	srukalle
        gen	srukallentse
        perl	srukallesa

    • srukā- “to die” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	srukāwa	srukām
      2		srukās
      3	sruka	srukāre

      • srukau “having died, dead ones” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	srukoṣ, srukau	srukoṣ
        acc	srukoṣ	srukoṣäṃ, srukoṣ
        gen		srukoṣäṃts
        comit	srukoṣämpa

        • srukor “death” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	srukor
          acc	srukor
          loc	srukorne
          abl	srukormeṃ

Occurrences

sruka

1	IOL Toch 824 a1	(ono)a1lmi ce	sruka	/// a2 9 snai
2	Kz-203-ZS-L-01 a1	a1 ॥ arai	sruka	॥ kantsakarṣanne ॥ arai
3	Kz-213-ZS-L-10 a3	larona yke(nta) /// a3	sruka	tse ·ka ṣpä akä
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a24	a24 lārtse tāka päs	sruka	putewan(t)e te /// (kau)a25ma
5	SI 5873 a7	a7 (orocce) (ke)mesa āuw	sruka	sana cauṣi śwāra śānta
6	THT 4 a6	a6 /// sw (a)śrāddhe	sruka	=ntweṃ ; nrain= empelye
7	THT 25 a2	/// /// ake-k postäṃ	sruka	ot ra sä – – – – –
8	THT 42 a6	/// · ;	sruka	ṣe preṃtse : nakūle
9	THT 133 b2	/// b2 /// (20-3)	(sruka)	(aś)v(ā)t;th(a)m(e) sū ; mänt
10	THT 560 a2	• alyekepi käryorttante śana	sruka	tāu a3 erkenmasa ṣalāre
11	THT 1324.a a1	kau ya ṣi śaśāyormeṃ	sruka	sū papāṣṣu – ///