tkaṃ

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Meaning:	“place, earth, ground”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	keṃ
Lexeme variants:	tkaṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	tkaṃ, tkan-äk	tkañi
voc
acc	tkaṃ, tkan-äk
gen	tkanis
loc	tkanaṃ	tkaṃsaṃ
comit
inst
abl	tkanäṣ	tkaṃsäṣ
perl	tkanā
all	tkanac
caus

Lexeme family

• tkaṃ “place, earth, ground” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	tkaṃ, tkan-äk	tkañi
  acc	tkaṃ, tkan-äk
  gen	tkanis
  loc	tkanaṃ	tkaṃsaṃ
  abl	tkanäṣ	tkaṃsäṣ
  perl	tkanā
  all	tkanac

  • tkaṃṣi “of the earth, terrestrial”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	tkaṃṣi	tkaṃṣi	tkaṃṣiñi
    gen	tkaṃṣināp

Occurrences

tkaṃ

1	A 11 a1	(mrā)a1c	tkaṃ	rmoräṣ mācri kṣānti yāmuräṣ
2	A 63 a3	॥ rakär oplāsyo ;	tkaṃ	riyaṃ ṣiraś ; prasar
3	A 89 a2	täm a2 /// m{†ä}	tkaṃ	pärtsi kipp ok(i) –
4	A 95 b5	śla pältsäkk oki sās	tkaṃ	b6 /// knäsmār träṅkmāṃ
5	A 102 b3	: mänt lkāṣ tām	tkaṃ	; b4 14σ 4σ
6	A 111 a4	॥ ṣeraśi-nia4(ṣkramāntaṃ) /// (mäccā)kyāṃ	tkaṃ	rāp skānt yṣanaṃ skeyasyo
7	A 111 b6	: b6 /// (na)ś-śi	tkaṃ	rārpu : taṃne pe
8	A 148 b6	wyā(ra)ṃ saṃkrāmaṃ le paryānaṃ	tkaṃ	lyālune āṣtär yāmlune •
9	A 159 a2	a2 /// ·t· sundarinac	tkaṃ	rmoräṣ wāwä /// a3
10	A 164 b6	kä /// b6 ///	tkaṃ	lyāk ymassu ṣik tāṣā(wā)
11	A 174 a6	/// a6 /// nac	tkaṃ	rämneñc /// b1 ///
12	A 184 a3	wramäṃ a3 /// s{†ä}	tkaṃ	pākär mäskatär pu a4
13	A 187 a1	pāpekus wärtsyo lyāki kälkālyi	tkaṃ	naṣ – ·y· ṣāriyātr·
14	A 253 a1	kä·l· /// /// (poṃ)tsāṃ	tkaṃ	messi • caṣi knānmuneyis
15	A 255 b8	devab8(dattenaṃ) (॥) (tām) (praṣtaṃ)	(tkaṃ)	(meṣ) ; kälymeṃ tskäṃsanträ
16	A 256 a3	lyukrā kakmusāṃ ; purpār	tkaṃ	(el) ; (pā)a4ssi se
17	A 257 a7	(ṣikorä)ṣ{†ä} ; nmäsmāṃ kañcaṃ	tkaṃ	: lyokäs swāñcenāsyo ;
18	A 257 b7	/// s : (sā)s	(tkaṃ)	(o)k(i) kaṃñcaṃ ///
19	A 266 a6	/// a6 t ytārnaṃ	tkaṃ	lyāseñc wyār saṅkrāmaṃ śāl
20	A 274 a2	wākmtsaṃ ṣotreyntu : meyā	tkaṃ	svawrä wroki ciñcraṃ śla
21	A 280 a4	asaträ päñcäṃ konyo puk	tkaṃ	ṣäptäñc(ä)ṃ konyo /// a5
22	A 287 and 259 b2	(pälskoräṣ) (tri) (wältseṃ) (ār)k(i)śoṣṣaṃ	tkaṃ	ṣä(k) w(äknā) (wāsä)ṅkātär ॥
23	A 287 and 259 b4	; (epreraṃ) (:) pärsäṣtär	tkaṃ	ñkät ; snumṣiṃ swaseyo
24	A 297 b3	॥ maitraṃ ॥ meṣ	tkaṃ	śla ṣulas ; (ś)l(a)
25	A 298 b6	/// b6 nāṃ wakyo	tkaṃ	ākāś tsräsmāṃ oki epreraṃ
26	A 312 a2	ṣik tāwiṣ täpren-äk sās	tkaṃ	ñkät nuṣā käl(ñā) (oki)
27	A 312 b5	; śāwe kumci ;	tkaṃ	eprer (täm) ; (tatri)b6säk
28	A 312 b7	; wālat śi(raś) ;	(tkaṃ)	pyāppyāsyo ; ñäkci oki
29	A 315 and 316 b2	oki ; puk sās	tkaṃ	; ñäkciyā(s) ; (ṣi)raś
30	A 320 a7	śla ṣulas ṣtāmäntu ;	t(k)aṃ	– – – 2σ yoki :
31	A 320 b2	/// k ; ñäkci	tkaṃ	oki : t· –
32	A 320 b6	/// ṣi : meyā	tkaṃ	ñkät as·e – 0σ
33	A 337 b9	/// b9 /// ārkiśoṣṣaṃ	tkaṃ	ñkät prākär wā{t→s}äṅkā – – – –
34	A 360 a10	/// a10 /// lyāṃ	tkaṃ	lkāṣ ñi । daṇḍakasyānubhāvena
35	A 448 b3	yäṣ wiki yojanäs lyutār	tkaṃ	/// b4 cä p(i)s
36	PK NS 3 a1	yoga ॥ kowi wäñcyo	tka(ṃ)	ke° a2 – – – yal
37	THT 1150 a2	a2 /// ·k· sāṃ	tkaṃ	waṣtu – /// a3
38	THT 1153 b3	yāmtsā(t) /// b3 ///	tkaṃ	wāskässi pkāk· /// b4
39	THT 1331.a a4	– – ·w· lā ṣi	tkaṃ	pā – – ·k· trä
40	THT 1411.e a3	a3 /// ·ā kṣantik	tkaṃ	ñkät sās mä ///
41	THT 1639.f b3	b3 /// – •	tkaṃ	rä m·ā me –
42	THT 1643.a a2	/// a2 /// ·āṃ	tkaṃ	āyaṃntu – /// a3
43	THT 1949 a2	/// a2 /// –	tkaṃ	mā /// b1 ///
44	THT 1992 a2	– /// a2 ///	tkaṃ	tämne – /// b1
45	THT 2286 b2	/// b2 /// cä	tkaṃ	rmo ·rä /// b3
46	THT 2459 b2	b1 s· /// b2	tkaṃ	– /// b3 myo
47	THT 2497 b1	/// b1 /// sām	tkaṃ	ñkä ///
48	YQ I.9 b1	॥ viśikkonaṃ ॥ wāskat	tkaṃ	ñkät ; kāckeyo ;
49	YQ II.2 a2	oṣeñi śkaṃ ākakk ats	tkaṃ	a3 /// k tämyo
50	YQ II.8 a4	ñkät wkäṃ wäknā pyāpyāsyo	tkaṃ	ytäṣträ : dhräḍhirāṣṭres lāa5(nt)
51	YQ II.8 a7	; ytäṣtr oki ;	tkaṃ	ākāś caṣi : 1
52	YQ II.14 b4	sās tri wältseṃ ārkiśoṣṣaṃ	tkaṃ	wraṃ ob5(ki) /// ॥
53	YQ III.11 a8	pyāmäs a8 ///	tkaṃ	rmoräṣ träṅkäṣ ॥ vanapraveśaṃ