riyā

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Meaning:	“city”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	rīye
Lexeme variants:	riyā; rīyā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-iñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
voc
acc	ri, ri-k	ris
gen	riyis
loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
comit
inst
abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
perl	riyā
all	riyac
caus

Lexeme family

• ri “city” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	ri, ri-k	riñ
  acc	ri, ri-k	ris
  gen	riyis
  loc	riyaṃ	risaṃ
  abl	riyäṣ	risäṣ
  perl	riyā
  all	riyac

  • riṃ “belonging to a city”

    	pl.m
    acc	rinäs
    abl	riṃsäṣ

  • riṣi “of a city”

    	sg.m
    nom	riṣi

Occurrences

rīyā

1

A 296 b4

ne • täm kaklyuṣuräṣ

rīyā

kälymāṃ ripā /// b5

riyā

1	A 97 a3	/// mäṃt ne sākāś	riyā	kākmärtik ambariṣe wäl ṣe°
2	A 395 b2	ne nimittājñes brāmnāśśi śrāvasti	riyā	pre säm maṇḍal plyocksā-m
3	YQ V.1 b3	/// räṣ poṃtsāṃ ketum(ati)	(riyā)	/// b4
4	YQ V.1 b6	/// (tā)m ketumati	riyā	mandārak kuśeśaiyä /// b7