yokaisa

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Meaning:	“thirst, desire”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yoke
Lexeme variants:	yokaisa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-iye; -o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-aiñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yoko, yokīye
voc
acc	yokai	yokaiṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	yokaisa
all		yokainäśc
caus

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

yokaisa

1	IOL Toch 1 b1	: aswa lymine ;	yokaisa	; tswoṣ ka ṣ
2	PK AS 6C b7	ānts= ompal(sk)oṣṣe : wiṣaintaṣ(ṣ)ai	yokaisa	; (wa)wārpau mā ṣañ
3	PK AS 19.20.X b2	po skwa-śconai(meṃ) – – – – – – – k(e)st	yo(kaisa)	/// b3 – – k·e
4	PK AS 19.20.X b5	– – – – – – – r· ā (ke)st	y(o)kaisa	– – ///
5	PK AS 19.20.Y b1	/// b1 /// (ke)s{t}	y(o)kaisa	– – – /// b2 ///
6	THT 11 b6	; – – – ·ai ;	yokaisa	; eś lmoṣ ram
7	THT 29 a6	; tsetsarkoṣ ; memyoṣ	yokaisa	: kroścaṃ warś ceu
8	THT 286 b3	omp skwaṃñentär : kest	yokaisa	; memyoṣ wnolmi ;