tsikalle

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Meaning:	“to form, shape”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tsikalle; tsikale
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	P-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

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

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

tsikale

1	PK AS 8B a3	curm yamaṣle etve soye	tsikale	tumeṃ cwi soyetse śireṃ
2	PK AS 8B a6	pyāpyo waltsanalya etve soye	tsikale	känte okt näsait yamaṣäle