yokäṃ

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Meaning:	“to drink”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yok-
Lexeme variants:	yokäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	yokt
3	yokäṃ, yokan-me

Lexeme family

• yok-
  • yoko “thirst, desire” f

    	sg	pl
    nom	yoko, yokīye
    acc	yokai	yokaiṃ
    perl	yokaisa
    all		yokainäśc

    • yokaitse “thirsty”

      	sg.m
      nom	yokaitse

  • yok- “to drink” gv
    • yokänta “drinker”

      	sg	pl
      nom	yokänta	yokäntañ

    • yok- “to drink” gv.prs1

      	sg.act
      2	yokt
      3	yokäṃ, yokan-me

      • yokalle “to be drunk” part.prs1

        	sg.m
        nom	yokalle

      • yokamane “drinking” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane
        acc	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane

    • yok- “to drink” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      1	yoku, yoku-c

      • yoktsi “drinking, drink” inf.n.subj1

        	sg	pl
        nom	yoktsi	yoktsanma
        acc	yoktsi	yoktsanma
        loc	yoktsine
        perl	yoktsisa

      • yokalyñe “drinking” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	yokalyñe
        acc	yokalyñe
        abl	yokalyñemeṃ

    • yok- “to drink” gv.pret6

      	sg.act
      3	yāś, yaśa-c

Occurrences

yokäṃ

1	IOL Toch 246 b2	mot māla trikelyesa śakse	yokäṃ	pāyti 70-9 se ṣāmāne
2	IOL Toch 305 a5	malkwer yokalle • kuse	yokäṃ	a6 kaswātse mäsketär •
3	PK NS 58 b2	mā ṣp yoku nano	yokäṃ	60 ceccūku īme (•)
4	PK NS 95 b1	yamaṣäṃ – tūmeṃ śūwaṃ	yokäṃ	tot träṅkonta 60 wassi
5	THT 45 a5	·eṃ /// /// ts·	yokäṃ	; śaulaṣṣana ; wranta
6	THT 118 a3	t ṣäñ āñmtsa kuṣ·eṣe	yokäṃ	• taur śār·· ///
7	THT 563 a5	/// a5 po ysā	yokäṃ	lkāṣäṃme /// a6 kene
8	THT 566 b6	/// b6 aurtsai ysā	yokäṃ	waraṃ /// b7 ustamameṃ
9	THT 571 a2	tākaṃ tsrermenne : vairudyi	yokäṃ	wäs· /// 9σ 15σ
10	THT 1276 b2	/// b2 /// –	yokäṃ	śau ·o ·au ///