tsaikānte

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Meaning:	“to form, shape”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsikā-
Lexeme variants:	tsaikānte
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2				tsaikatai
3					tsaikānte

Lexeme family

• tsikā-
  • tsikā- “to form, shape” gv
    • tsikā- “to form, shape” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	tsaikaṃ	tsaikoṃ

    • tsikā- “to form, shape” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	tsaikatai
      3		tsaikānte

      • tsātsaikar “shape, form” abstr.pret1

        	sg
        nom	tsātsaikar
        loc	tsātsaikarne

      • tsatsaikau “having shaped, formed” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	tsatsaikau	tsatsaikwa
        acc		tsatsaikwa

    • tsikā- “to form, shape” gv.prs1
      • tsikalle “to form, shape” part.prs1

        	sg.m
        nom	tsikalle

Occurrences

tsaikānte

1	PK AS 13E b6	okt alloṅna kälymiṃñana riṃ	tsaikānt(e)	ispe(k) /// 7σ ;
2	PK AS 16.3 a6	päst kameṃ ostūwa yärparwa	tsaikānte	omte-k papāṣṣorñe paṣṣānte (gr)aṃ(tha)ṃñana
3	PK AS 17E a4	pyautkene ceu telki-maṃñe –	(tsaik)ā(nt)e	(py)aut(k)a(re) (wäntarwa)s(a) yatässi viśvakarmi