neṣinäs
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| Meaning: | “prior, previous” Carling and Pinault 2023: “earlier, before” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | nauṣaññe |
| Lexeme variants: | neṣinäs |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -i |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -iṃ; -inäṃ |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -iñi |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | neṣi | neṣiñi | ||||
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| acc | neṣiṃ, neṣinäṃ | neṣinäs | neṣinās | |||
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Lexeme family
- neṣā “before”
- neṣi “earlier, before”
“prior, previous”
sg.m pl.m pl.f nom neṣi neṣiñi acc neṣiṃ, neṣinäṃ neṣinäs neṣinās - neṣo “leading, being first”
sg.m nom neṣo gen neṣontāp - neṣontā “in the lead”
- neṣorñeyum “having ... as prerequisite, preceded by ...”
“of the past (?)”
sg.m sg.f pl.m nom neṣorñeyum neṣorñeyumiṃ neṣorñeyumäṣ
- neṣi “earlier, before”
“prior, previous”
Occurrences
neṣinäs
| 1 | A 214 a7 | se kuyalte kaklyuṣu (ñi) | (ne)ṣ(i)näs | knānmānäñcäs käṣṣisäṣ mäskatär·· /// |
| 2 | A 270 b7 | /// (wrasas) (mā) tsälpoñcäs | (n)eṣinäs | ptā{†ñä}ñktasā tsälpṣant ib8(me) (kalkaṣ-ñi) |
| 3 | A 318 and 319 a1 | ce{p→ṣ} ṣome kumpa-kump klyanträ | neṣinäs | /// a2 ceṣ |
| 4 | A 449 b4 | /// b4 /// ·ine | neṣinäs | /// |
| 5 | YQ II.1 b3 | b3 | (neṣinäs) | (knānmānäñcäs) (käṣṣisäṣ) (mäskatä)r säm |
