pñi-k

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Meaning:	“virtue” Carling and Pinault 2023: “merit”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. puṇya-
Lexeme variants:	pñi-k
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pñi, pñi-k	pñintu, pñintu-kk
voc
acc	pñi, pñi-k	pñintu, pñintu-kk
gen	päññis	pñintwāśśi
loc		pñintwaṃ
comit		pñiṃtwaśśäl
inst		pñintuyo
abl		pñintwäṣ
perl		pñintwā
all	päññac
caus

Lexeme family

• pñi “merit” “virtue” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	pñi, pñi-k	pñintu, pñintu-kk
  acc	pñi, pñi-k	pñintu, pñintu-kk
  gen	päññis	pñintwāśśi
  loc		pñintwaṃ
  comit		pñiṃtwaśśäl
  inst		pñintuyo
  abl		pñintwäṣ
  perl		pñintwā
  all	päññac

  • pñiṣi “of merit”

    	sg.m	pl.f
    nom	pñiṣi
    acc	pñiṣinäṃ	pñiṣinās

Occurrences

pñi-k

1

A 14 a6

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pñi-k

śkaṃ tām praṣṭaṃ cami

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.