tuṅkäṣ

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Meaning:	“love”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	taṅkw
Lexeme variants:	tuṅkäṣ
Number:	singular
Case:	ablative
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

tuṅkäṣ

1

YQ III.7 b6

pyāṣtṣāt oksiṣāt tämyo mācarṣi

tuṅkäb7(ṣ)

/// (ptāñ)kät käṣṣi träṅkäṣ