trikoṣ

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Meaning:	“having gone astray, be confused”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	triko
Lexeme variants:	trikoṣ
Number:	singular; plural
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	accusative; nominative
Gender:	masculine; masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• trikā-
  • trikā- “to go astray, be confused” gv
    • trikele kind of intoxicating drink m

      	sg
      nom	trikele
      acc	trikele

    • traike “confusion” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	traike
      acc	traike	traikeṃ
      perl	traikesa	traikentsa

    • trikā- “to go astray, be confused” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid
      2	triketar
      3	triketär

      • trikelyñe “to go astray, be confused” abstr.n.prs3

        	sg
        nom	trikelyñe
        acc	trikelyñe

    • trikā- “to go astray, be confused” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	trīkā

      • trikau “having gone astray, be confused” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	trikoṣ, trikau	trikoṣ
        acc	trikoṣ	trikoṣ

    • trikā- “to go astray, be confused” gv.subj5
      • trikalñe “to go astray, be confused” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	trikalñe
        acc	trikalñe

  • trik- “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” agv
    • trik- “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	trikṣäṃ	trikseṃ

      • trīkṣeñca “missing, failing” “going astray, stumbling” “leading astray” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	trīkṣeñca	trīkṣeñca

    • trik- “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” agv.subj2

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	triśim, triśim-c		triśimar
      2		triścer
      3	trīśi, triśäṃ	triśyeṃ, trīkeṃ

      • triśälle “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” part.subj2

        	sg.m
        nom	triśälle

      • triśalñe “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg	pl
        nom	triśalñe	triśalñenta
        acc	triśalñe	triśalñenta
        perl	triśalñesa

    • trik- “to miss, fail” “to fail, go astray, stumble” “to lead astray” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	traiksa

      • tetriku “having been led astray, confused” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tetrikoṣ, tetriku	tetrikoṣ
        acc	tetrikoṣ	tetrikoṣ

  • trik- “(act.) to lead astray” “(mid.) to faint” kaus
    • trik- “(act.) to lead astray” “(mid.) to faint” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	traika-ne	traikate

Occurrences

trikoṣ

1	PK AS 15B b1	– – – – ·y· (ś)conaiṣṣe (śa)kusesa	trikoṣ	ram no /// b2
2	PK NS 19 b4	: yśelmeṣṣana skwanmasa ;	trikoṣ	palsko somotkñe : kos
3	THT 1 b4	/// (wnolmi) (aknātsañ)	(triko)ṣ	ramt ; srūkalñeṣṣe madārntse
4	THT 24 a2	skwassu cmela(n)e 20-6 ṣemi	trikoṣ	ṣeṃ ; wai ///
5	THT 24 a5	attsaik 20-8 kus= āmoksa	trikoṣ	; cai po śaiṣṣe
6	THT 24 b4	sa cai ;	trikoṣ	traiken;tsa waiptār ṣeṃ :
7	THT 239 a2	karāśne seyi mīsa śawāre	trikoṣ	kess(a) : taṅw ///
8	THT 282 a5	: päpä were ;	trikoṣ	kleśa a6 2σ 3σ
9	THT 1281 b4	/// b4 /// tketrä	trikoṣ	pälskosa – /// b5