tsaikaṃ

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Meaning:	“to form, shape”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsikā-
Lexeme variants:	tsaikaṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	tsaikaṃ	tsaikoṃ

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

tsaikaṃ

1

THT 3 a2

(kä)ttaṅkäṃ : (mäkte) kos

tsaikaṃ

lwaksā-tsaik= ; aścemaṣṣeṃ bhājanta