yku

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Meaning:	“having gone”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	yku; ykuwo
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-uweṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-uweṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ykuweṣ, yku		ykuweṣ	ykuwa
voc
acc	ykuweṣ	ykusai	ykuweṣ	ykuwa
gen	ykuweṣepi
loc	ykuweṣne
comit		ykusaimpa
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• i-
  • i- “to go” gv
    • ynūca “going, goer”

      	sg.m	pl.m
      nom	ynūca	ynūcañ
      gen	ynūcantse

    • i- “to go” gv.prs1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	yaim, yam, yam-c	yeyem, ynem, ynem-ne
      2	yait, yat	yaicer, yacer
      3	yey, yai, yey-ne, yaṃ, yaṃ-ne, yan-me	yeyeṃ, yeye-ñ, yneṃ, yneṃ-ne

      • yalle “to be going” part.prs1/2

        	sg.m
        nom	yalle

      • ynemane “going” part.prs1/2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane
        acc	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane	ynemane

      • yneñca “going” ptcp.prs1/2

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	yneñca	yneñca
        acc	yneñcai	yneñcai

      • yalñe “going” abstr.prs1/2

        	sg
        nom	yalñe
        acc	yalñe
        loc	yalyñene
        perl	yalñesa

    • i- “to go” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act
      1	yam

      • yatsi “to go” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	yatsi
        acc	yatsi
        all	yatsiśc

    • i- “to go” gv.imp7

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	paṣ	pcīso

    • i- “to go” gv.pret
      • yku “having gone” part.pret

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ykuweṣ, yku		ykuweṣ	ykuwa
        acc	ykuweṣ	ykusai	ykuweṣ	ykuwa
        gen	ykuweṣepi
        loc	ykuweṣne
        comit		ykusaimpa

        • ykuwer “coming” abstr.pret

          	sg
          nom	ykuwer
          acc	ykuwer
          loc	ykuwerne
          abl	ykuwermeṃ

  • ymāne “on the way”
    • ymanār “each on its way (?)”

Occurrences

yku

1	IOL Toch 254 b3	b3 /// °lo kene	yku	po saṃsā(rne) /// b4
2	IOL Toch 254 b4	/// – bhaväṣṣeṃ āntseṃne	yku	• – /// b5
3	IOL Toch 254 b5	b5 /// ra yonintane	yku	• po pi ///
4	PK AS 13A a6	n(a)kṣäṃ snai lyīpär caune	yku	ñi larauñe wi°
5	PK AS 13G a6	·au ·o – etsuwai	yku	/// a7 – – – – – – – – – we
6	PK AS 17C b4	po su späntetär :	y(ku)	ṣait klyomai kātsane ;
7	THT 44 a7	/// /// k(e)ś tättālñentaṃts	yku	ekalymi /// a8 ///
8	THT 44 b6	/// : tswaiñ(e) ka	yku	päst ; kreṃnt ṣamāññemeṃ
9	THT 286 b6	l·e ; – śyaine	yku	; karāś wrocce – –
10	THT 289 b3	ñatse • śaiṣṣeny= alek	yku	āwi pācer saile ///
11	THT 1726 a3	a3 /// – ne	yku	wa – /// a4
12	THT 2259.l b3	/// b3 /// lñe	yku	– /// b4 ///
13	THT 2386.j and .s a2	/// a2 /// nn(e)	yku	• /// a3 ///

ykuwo

1

SI B 121(2) b2

(p)r(a)mattaḥ ykenta śtwara śaumo

ykuwo

• āpad(yate) /// b3