ñuk

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Meaning:	“I, me”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ñäś
Lexeme variants:	ñuk; nuk; ñūk
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
voc
acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
comit	nṣaśśäl
inst
abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac
caus

Lexeme family

• näṣ “I, me” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
  loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
  comit	nṣaśśäl
  abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
  perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
  all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac

Occurrences

nuk

1

A 56 b1

ākāl ; caṇḍālāñ ;

nuk

neṣ kāweb2(ñc) /// (tmä)ṣ

ñuk

1	A 41 b3	śāwe pretāñ /// b3	ñuk	tām sne waste :
2	A 66 b1	– b1 /// (tä)my(o)	ñuk	p(e)nu svayamparaṃ tsälporäṣ ṣñi
3	A 70 a3	/// mā ontaṃ	ñuk	cwā särki ymāṃ kārāśaṃ
4	A 70 a6	·m· 1σ : sewāsaśśäl	ñuk	; cwaśśäl mäskamāṃ ;
5	A 77 b4	sne śäkce ; kärpi	ñuk	; yäslyi roñcäm ;
6	A 100 b5	klyaum nātäk kuyal täm	ñuk	risāte sne b6 ///
7	A 100 b6	b6 /// täpreṃ prākär	ñuk	kāwältenäṃ pikāryo ka
8	A 106 a3	a3 /// lkāc mänt	ñuk	lo märso : 3
9	A 106 a5	kāpñe a5 /// k	ñuk	nu ṣñi tiri pāsmār
10	A 107 b2	kuc keyaṃ nu ;	ñuk	b3 13σ 6σ ///
11	A 123.a b6	b6 /// ·m{†ä} śäm	ñuk	la ///
12	A 126 b1	/// b1 kuyal m(ā)	ñuk	– ·s· c· ///
13	A 144 and THT 2485 a1	kucaśś(ä)ll aśśi (tu) pla(n)tt(ā)r	ñuk	l· /// a2 ///
14	A 149 b1	/// t nu täm	ñuk	ytāṣīmār mukti – – – – – – – – – – – – niw·
15	A 149 b2	/// · nu	ñuk	tīmän āñmes ytāṣīmār – – – – – – – – –
16	A 149 b2	ytāṣīmār – – – – – – – – – r mänt	ñuk	ws· – r{†ä} n·
17	A 149 b3	b3 /// r{†ä} mänt	ñuk	wsīmār pa – – – – – – – – – ṣmäṣ-ñi
18	A 149 b3	kar mäṃt nu täm	ñuk	räklā lmo – b4
19	A 159 b4	/// b4 /// ts	ñuk	lkātsi śmaṣ ॥ iśva
20	A 164 a3	a3 /// : ārkiśoṣṣaṃ	ñuk	kant täm yetwen· ///
21	A 172 b1	b1 /// /// myo	ñuk	cwac-äk kāsu /// b2
22	A 196 a6	mänt ya /// a6	ñuk	caṣ śolaśśä /// b1
23	A 266 b6	läc : lāntā särki	ñuk	pe /// b7 ñc
24	A 381 a1	āṣā(nikāṃ) āmpe pissaṅkäṃtwe •	ñuk	(tä)ṣne ñomā aśi •
25	A 381 a4	ṣmac ṣtmā(lu)neṣinās s· –	ñuk	täṣne ño(mā) a(śi) •
26	A 403 b4	; mahendrasenes ; lānt	ñuk	ckācar ; cm(imār) ///
27	A 429 a7	ce /// a7 ///	ñuk	kräto lā /// a8
28	A 430 b2	b1 /// b2 ///	ñuk	ānāsāṃ t· – – – näṣ
29	THT 1144 a3	/// a3 ///	ñ(u)k	nu säksäk ś· ///
30	THT 2485 a1	a1 /// – pla(nttā)r	ñuk	l· – /// a2
31	YQ III.1 b4	॥ wāskāñc träṅkäṣ yneś	ñuk	ptāñkäb5(t) (käṣṣinäṣ) /// (par)mā
32	YQ III.4 a5	kāsu āneñci pleṣār tme	ñuk	ptāñkät käṣyāp moa6(saṃ) ///
33	YQ III.5 a3	träṅkäṣ kaa3(r) /// (träṅ)käṣ	ñuk	penu yaśodharā lāṃtse ākṣiññam
34	YQ III.5 a4	āa4(nändānaśśäl) /// (wāskā)ñc träṅkäṣ	ñuk	penu ptāñkät käṣyāp korpac
35	YQ III.5 a6	mäskaträ • äntā ne	ñuk	caṣ wsālṣi ñemi puttia7(śparäṃṣi)

ñūk

1	A 341 b2	śäṃ ṣeṣ kuc ne	ñūk	: śwātsi yoktsi ;
2	A 341 b4	ās ek śwānt ;	ñūk	śkaṃ cesnaṃ ; mäñcāwe