tuṅk

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Meaning:	“love”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	taṅkw
Lexeme variants:	tuṅk; tuṅ=
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	tuṅk
voc
acc	tuṅk
gen
loc
comit
inst	tuṅkyo
abl	tuṅkäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• tuṅk “love” m

  	sg
  nom	tuṅk
  acc	tuṅk
  inst	tuṅkyo
  abl	tuṅkäṣ

  • tuṅkṣi “of love”

    	sg.m
    acc	tuṅkṣiṃ

  • tuṅkassu “loving, affectionate”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	tuṅkassu	tuṅkassuṣ

  • tuṅkiññ-
    • tuṅkiññ- “to love, have compassion for” gv
      • tuṅkiññ- “to love, have compassion for” gv.prs12

        	sg.act	pl.act
        3	tuṅkiññā	tuṅkiññeñc

        • tuṅkiññant “to love, have compassion for” ptcp.prs12

          	sg.f
          acc	tuṅkiññantām

        • tuṅkiññāmāṃ “to love, have compassion for” part.prs12
        • tuṅkiñtsi “to love, have compassion for” inf.n.prs12

          	sg
          nom	tuṅkiñtsi
          acc	tuṅkiñtsi
          all	tuṅkiñtsiyac

        • tuṅkiññamāṃ “loving, having compasion for” part.prs12

          	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
          nom	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ
          acc	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ	tuṅkiññamāṃ

      • tuṅkiññ- “to love, have compassion for” gv.subj12
        • tuṅkiñlune “to love, have compassion for” abstr.n.subj12

          	sg
          nom	tuṅkiñlune
          acc	tuṅkiñlune
          gen	tuṅkiñluneyis
          inst	tuṅkiñluneyo

Occurrences

tuṅk

1	A 5 b3	mā karyā : śla	tuṅk	oki nu ; räsñā
2	A 6 b1	(ap)tsaradarśnaṃ ॥ mar täṣ	tuṅk	ṣñi ; akmalyo ;
3	A 6 b4	knānmāñcäśśi śäk wäknā kulewāsac	tuṅk	tsäknātsi tärkor taṃne we(wñu)
4	A 7 a4	eṃtsmār-äṃ tmäṣ pekant śla	tuṅk	yantärṣi(nāṃ) a5 (śo)mine tsarā
5	A 7 b2	kar wrasom täpreṃ prākär	tuṅk	yāmträ ṣokyo nu krañcäśśi
6	A 7 b6	ne kratswsaṃ ; ñi	tuṅk	tāk ; (tä) (mne-k)
7	A 40 a5	l· /// a5 sne	tuṅ(k)	·o – /// a6
8	A 50 b6	/// m(au)dgalyāyannaṃ cmaulṣi	tuṅk	sätkā-ṃ : – ///
9	A 55 a4	: 1 yreki śla	tua5(ṅk)	; 14σ 5σ ///
10	A 56 b2	/// (tmä)ṣ lāts sne	tuṅk	nāṃtsus kakärkunt se pontsāṃ
11	A 56 b6	weñlune b6 /// śla	tuṅk	oki tseṃ-yokās aśänyo rinäs
12	A 58 a1	riwoṣ klyomäṣ : bhādrānaṃ	tuṅk	kāpñune pākäa2(r) (yāmuṣ) ///
13	A 73 b5	āly(a)knaṃ ; mā yāmlaṃ	tuṅk	; ynāñmune : prati°
14	A 74 a3	॥ tmäṣṣ āmāśāñ sne	tuṅk	nā a4 /// lāntac
15	A 94 a6	sne ; p(lān)t(o) sne	tuṅk	; naslune : āsu
16	A 102 a1	tā tāk tñi ñukaṃ	tuṅk	: 3 ॥ täṣ
17	A 102 b4	tā ne nande ;	tuṅk	cārkat ; sundariṃśäl :
18	A 106 a2	/// tär mar oṅknaṃ	tuṅk	yāmitär : olrune a3
19	A 108 b2	wkänyo nande mäśkit ṣñi	tuṅk	ylā b3 /// ·ā
20	A 109 a3	mā penu lkāt ;	tuṅk	arṣäntā ; – a4
21	A 115 a5	ni /// a5 ///	tuṅk	poto mā śkaṃ tāpärk
22	A 152 a3	mā śkaṃ camaṃ ;	tuṅk	mskatr-äṃ : 3 tmäṣ
23	A 158 a4	1 tsru yärm śla	tuṅk	me /// a5 ///
24	A 201 a1	pñ· kälpo – neṣinä(ṃ)	tuṅk	/// a2 – r
25	A 201 a3	– – knu tñi nṣaṃ	tuṅk	/// a4 – kmu
26	A 253 b7	(kra)nt kāpñe ; can-äk	tuṅk	was ; kälpīmträ :
27	A 265 b3	b3 äntā ne nu	tuṅk	yneś yāmtär • mā
28	A 272 a4	smimāṃ akmalyo • śla	tuṅk	potoyo – a5 ///
29	A 303 a8	pont oko pessāl ṣetsyāṃ	tuṅk	tā penu poñś kälpimträ
30	A 318 and 319 a2	ts· /// 9σ ///	tuṅk	arseñc ॥ praṇāde träṅkäṣ
31	A 325 a1	a1 /// ntāṃ yäsluntaṃ	tuṅk	ypanträ tām praṣt ///
32	A 325 a2	sāraṃ ṣñi santānaṃ kälko	tuṅk	kāpñune ṣe /// a3
33	THT 2404 b1	/// b1 /// – –	tuṅk	pā /// b2 ///
34	THT 2445 a2	/// a2 /// ryu	tuṅk	yā ne /// a3
35	YQ I.5 b1	kaklyuṣu naṣt ; mā	tuṅk	naś-śi ; metraknaṃ ;
36	YQ III.5 b1	; pukis pälskant ;	tuṅk	eṅkälyo b2 18σ ///
37	YQ III.7 a2	: wärpitār-ñi wsitār-ñi mācarṣi	tuṅk	pälkoa3(räṣ) /// ॥ pissaṅkac

tuṅ=

1	A 5 a4	pekeṣi pat arämpāt tāṣ	tuṅ=	kāpñune arässi cämpäṣ pärko
2	A 7 a2	kräṃtso nasluneyā mā yātalyi	tuṅ=	śärsässi nuna-k pältsäṅkāṣ kus
3	A 9 b6	pekeṣi penu arämpāt wrasaśśi	tuṅ=	kāpñune (a) (räṣ)