watkäṣṣäṃ

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Meaning:	“to command”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wätk-
Lexeme variants:	watkäṣṣäṃ; watka; watkaṣäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	watkäskau, watkäskau-c
2	watkäst	watkäścer-ñ
3	watkäṣṣi, watkäṣṣäṃ

Lexeme family

• wätkā-
  • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv
    • wetke “separation” m

      	sg
      nom	wetke
      acc	wetke

    • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      1		wätkomtär
      2	wätkoyt

      • aitkatte “unintentional” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	aitkatte

    • wätkā- “to decide” “be decided” “differ, separate” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	wätkāwa
      3	wätkā

      • wätkau “having been separated” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wätkoṣ, wätkau	wätkoṣ
        acc	wätkoṣ	wätkoṣ
        abl	wätkoṣmeṃ

  • wätk- “to command” kaus
    • wätk- “to command” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	watkäskau, watkäskau-c
      2	watkäst	watkäścer-ñ
      3	watkäṣṣi, watkäṣṣäṃ

      • watkäṣle “to command” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	watkäṣle

      • watkäṣṣälñe “command” abstr.n.prs9b

        	sg
        nom	watkäṣṣälñe
        acc	watkäṣṣälñe
        gen	watkäṣṣälñentse
        loc	watkäṣṣälñene
        perl	watkäṣṣälñesa

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	watkaṣṣi, watkäṣṣäṃ

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	yātkawa
      2	yātkasta
      3	yātka, yātka-ñ, yātka-c, yātka-me	yātkare

      • yaitku “having commanded” part.pret2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	yaitku	yaitkusa

        • yaitkor “command” abstr.msg.pret2

          	sg
          nom	yaitkor
          acc	yaitkor
          loc	yaitkorne
          perl	yaitkorsa

    • wätk- “to command” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pitka	pitkaso

  • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv
    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.prs9a

      	sg.act
      3	wätkaṣṣäṃ-ne

    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	wotkäṃ	wotkeṃ

    • wätk- “to separate, decide” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	otkasa-me

Occurrences

watka

1	IOL Toch 7 b6	/// (jñā)tikeṃ wāpatsi	watka	snai träṅko ॥
2	PK AS 7O a4	ārtalñe āklye krentaṃts yaknene	watka	/// a5 /// (tu)sa
3	PK AS 14.1.1 b6	/// b6 ·karena	watka	• nākeṃ /// (a)b7miśkaṃ
4	THT 73 a3	te maṃt weskeṃ ;	watka	/// 5σ 14σ ///
5	THT 247 b3	; wawarpauwa ; watkalci	watka	– b4 /// wakauwa

watkaṣäṃ

1

IOL Toch 7 b5

/// °ṣṣä(ṃ) jñātikeṃ wāpatsi

watkaṣäṃ

mā träṅko b6