teksa

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Meaning:	“to touch”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	täkā-
Lexeme variants:	teksa
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
2
3	teksa, teksa-ne

Lexeme family

• täk-
  • täk- “to touch” gv
    • täk- “to touch” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ceśäṃ	ceken-ne

      • ceśeṃñca “touching” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ceśeṃñca	ceśeṃñca

      • ceśale “to touch” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	ceśale

    • täk- “to touch” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	taśim
      3	taśi, taśi-ne, tekäṃ-me	taśyeṃ

      • takälñe “to touch” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	takälñe
        acc	takälñe
        loc	takälñene

    • täk- “to touch” gv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	teksa, teksa-ne

Occurrences

teksa

1	IOL Toch 78 b3	; ot talānte :	teksa	aśyai ; oṃṣame(ṃ) ///
2	IOL Toch 247 a5	• antapi kenīsa keṃ	teksa	• tumeṃ weña au
3	THT 1206 b3	/// b3 /// ·eṃ	teksa	• pa ñä(kte) ///