lapā

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Meaning:	“head”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	āśce
Lexeme variants:	lapā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	lap
voc
acc	lap
gen
loc	lapaṃ
comit	lapaśäl
inst	lapyo	lapassyo
abl	lapäṣ
perl	lapā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lap “head” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	lap
  acc	lap
  loc	lapaṃ
  comit	lapaśäl
  inst	lapyo	lapassyo
  abl	lapäṣ
  perl	lapā

  • lapaṣi “of the head”

    	sg.m
    nom	lapaṣi

Occurrences

lapā

1	A 16 a5	(ām)ā(ś)āsyo worpu ārkināṃ wtsi	lapā	spārtwäsmāṃ ārkyant śañināsyo paṃ
2	A 128 and 130 a2	propmahur ca(c)äl pärwatāp seyo	lapā	casäs lāntune kakälypā-ṃ okä(t)
3	A 146 b4	o – b4 ///	lapā	klāṣ-äṃ tsratränn oki puk
4	A 153 b5	• tmäṣ viśākhā ṣñi	lapā	ālpatt ats tm-äk śärs
5	A 253 b1	: cindāmaṇiṣiṃ ; wtsi	lapā	sparcwṣ-äṃ ; yetweyntwāśśi ;
6	A 256 a3	prop mahu(r) k(ā)kmuräṣ udrāyanes	lapā	toräṣ träṅkäṣ ॥ hariṇaplutaṃ
7	A 257 b3	wtsi skamat ; (ciñcräṃ)	(lapā)	; (spa)b4(rcwatär) r ;