nṣā
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| Meaning: | “I, me” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Word subclass: | pronoun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | ñäś |
| Lexeme variants: | nṣā |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | perlative |
| 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
nṣā
| 1 | A 92 a4 | ; lyalypu ñkät ; | nṣā | kārmeṃ ; tampe pälkäṣtār |
| 2 | A 215 b2 | 4σ /// ; ṣom | nṣā | tukär yät ; kuyal |
| 3 | A 220 b3 | ; ṣiyak wärpont ; | nṣā | pyāpyāñ : omäskenāp ; |
| 4 | A 220 b4 | : kucaṃ ne täm | nṣā | ; caccrīku ; yärkant |
| 5 | A 353 a1 | a1 /// (ṣaṣä)rpuṣ | nṣā | taryāk tärkāluneyumināñ wätkṣantāñ mäa2(krampaläntu) |
| 6 | A 430 b5 | tñi ṣñi tāpal śwāsi | nṣā | raryu /// b6 /// |
| 7 | YQ II.4 b4 | ne tom yasäṃ śāsträntwaṃ | nṣā | ākṣiññunt täm mänt ne |


