lwāśśi

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Meaning:	“animal”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	luwo
Lexeme variants:	lwāśśi; lwāśi
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ā

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	lu	lwā
voc
acc	lu	lwā
gen	lwes	lwākis, lwāśśi
loc	lwaṃ	lwākaṃ
comit		lwākaśśäl
inst		lwāyo
abl		lwākäṣ
perl		lwākā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lu “animal” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	lu	lwā
  acc	lu	lwā
  gen	lwes	lwākis, lwāśśi
  loc	lwaṃ	lwākaṃ
  comit		lwākaśśäl
  inst		lwāyo
  abl		lwākäṣ
  perl		lwākā

  • lweṃ “pertaining to the animal”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	lweṃ	lweñi
    acc	lweṃ

  • lwāṣi “of beasts”

    	pl.f
    nom	lwāṣināñ

Occurrences

lwāśśi

1	A 12 a6	salu ; āyäntwāṣi ;	lwāśśi	wäl : 1 ॥
2	A 61 a4	7σ prasky aräṣ ;	lwāśśi	okāk ; pācarr oki
3	A 109 a5	mäṃt ne säs mā	lwāśśi	kräṃ(tso) a6 /// sāräṣ
4	A 144 and THT 2485 b3	(ptā)ñkät käṣṣi ñäktas napenäś(ś)i	l(wā)śśi	okāk b4 ///
5	A 213 a1	a1 /// (aineyä)	(lwāśśi)	(lānt) (oki) proñcäṃ 8
6	A 218 b1	wsokone tmäṃsam ;	lwāśśi	okāk ; ācośy okāk
7	A 307 b3	• napenäśśi ritālune •	lwāśśi	āb4(kntsune) /// ne •
8	YQ II.4 b6	särk pe 7 ainey	lwāśśi	lāb7(nt) (oki) (proñcäṃ) (8)