tukau

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Meaning:	“to hide oneself, seek refuge in”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tukau

Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

tukā-
- tuk- “to hide” kaus
  - tuk- “to hide” kaus.prs9b
    
    sg.mid pl.mid
    
    1 tūkäskemar
    
    3 tukästär tukäskentär
    - tukäskemane “hiding” part.prs9b
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom tukäskemane tukäskemane tukäskemane tukäskemane
      
      acc tukäskemane tukäskemane tukäskemane tukäskemane
  - tuk- “to hide” kaus.subj9b
    
    sg.mid
    
    3 tukästär
  - tuk- “to hide” kaus.pret2
    
    sg.mid pl.mid
    
    1 caukamai
    
    3 caukate caukante
    - ceccuku “having hidden” part.pret2
      
      sg.m pl.m
      
      nom ceccukoṣ, ceccuku ceccukoṣ
      
      acc ceccukoṣ ceccukoṣ
  - tuk- “to hide” kaus.imp2
    
    sg.act
    
    2 päccauk
- tukā- “to hide oneself, seek refuge in” gv
  - tukā- “to hide oneself, seek refuge in” gv.prs2/3
    
    sg.mid
    
    1 cukemar
  - tukā- “to hide oneself, seek refuge in” gv.subj5
    
    sg.act
    
    1 taukau-c
  - tukā- “to hide oneself, seek refuge in” gv.pret1
    - tukau “to hide oneself, seek refuge in” part.pret1
      
      sg.m
      
      nom tukau

Occurrences

tukau

1

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