napeṃsaṃ
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “human being, mortal” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Lexeme variants: | napeṃsaṃ |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | locative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | napeṃ | napeñi | |
| voc | |||
| acc | napenäs | ||
| gen | napenäśśi | ||
| loc | napeṃsaṃ, napeṃsan-äk | ||
| comit | napeṃsaśśäl | ||
| inst | |||
| abl | napeṃnäṣ | ||
| perl | |||
| all | napeṃsac | ||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- napeṃ “human being, mortal”
m
sg pl nom napeṃ napeñi acc napenäs gen napenäśśi loc napeṃsaṃ, napeṃsan-äk comit napeṃsaśśäl abl napeṃnäṣ all napeṃsac
Occurrences
napeṃsaṃ
| 1 | A 62 b1 | ; kälkeñc ñäktas ; | napeṃsaṃ | : sne kaś suku(ntu) |
| 2 | A 168 b3 | /// b3 /// wtā-k | napeṃsaṃ | kumseñc tm-äk māk /// |
| 3 | A 261 b6 | caṃ klyom wañi te | nape(ṃ){saṃ} | ॥ klyo(m) (m)e(trak) /// |
| 4 | A 277 a7 | mā kātä(ṅkā)ṣ{†ä} kuc prakṣäl | napeṃsaṃ | • mā ce – |
| 5 | A 288 a6 | ; (krant) (pältsä)a6kyo ; | napeṃsaṃ | : ṣome meträky(āp) ; |
| 6 | A 299 a3 | ॥ kus pat nu | napeṃsaṃ | āṣānikyāp meträkyāp /// a4 |
| 7 | A 300 a7 | mā oṅkrac śol śāwās | napeṃsaṃ | : pätskāc käntu koyäṣ |
| 8 | A 314 b8 | ñare (l)w(ā) pretāsaṃ (ñäkta)s | napeṃ(sa)ṃ | ·o – – ·omä /// |
| 9 | YQ II.13 a4 | mäñcaṃ klyom wañi te | napeṃsaṃ | ॥ klyom metrak träṅkäṣ |
| 10 | YQ II.14 a6 | ṣakkats cem wrasañ ñäktas | napeṃsaṃ | ñäkcyās napeṃṣia7(nās) /// – |
| 11 | YQ N.2 and N.6 a8 | pr(a)c(a)r devadatte aviśäṣ tsälpo | napeṃsaṃ | śācyāp waṣt lmo /// |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
