neṣontā
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “in the lead” |
| Word class: | uninflected |
| Word subclass: | postposition |
| Language: | TA |
| Lexeme variants: | neṣontā |
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
neṣontā
| 1 | A 288 b6 | tmä(ṣ) (kumseñc) (klyomänt) (metrakäṃ) | (neṣontā) | (päñ) (känt) (manarkāsyo) wo{r}pu |
| 2 | A 302 b7 | nipāt{†ä} – – kulapakāṃ praśāntasenäṃ | neṣontā | śäkwepi nāñ – b8 |
| 3 | A 305 a8 | śäk – – – – a8 /// | (n)eṣontā | śäk-ṣäk-pi tmāṃ okät wälts |
| 4 | A 345 a3 | ॥ tmäṣ aurabhripurveṃ ñkät | neṣontā | okät tmāṃ ñä(kta)a4ñ ṣñi |
| 5 | A 371 b4 | näṣ – – n· tsarāṃ | neṣontā | ·o /// b5 wartäṃṣiṃ |
| 6 | A 409 b2 | rñyā tkanaṃ āṣānikāṃ metrak | neṣontā | korisyo wsā /// b3 |
| 7 | YQ I.1 a8 | (tmä)ṣ{†ä} kumseñc klyomänt metrakäṃ | neṣontā | päñ känt manarkāsyo worpu |
| 8 | YQ III.8 b3 | el träṅkträ ॥ ptāñkät | neṣontā | b4 /// |
