tuṅkyo

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Meaning:	“love”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	taṅkw
Lexeme variants:	tuṅkyo; tuṅky=
Number:	singular
Case:	instrumental
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

tuṅky=

1

A 6 a2

nu ; kātkäṣtär-ñi ;

tuṅky=

āriñc : 1 ॥

tuṅkyo

1	A 7 a4	mā näṣ tā(maṃ) a4	tuṅkyo	plāc wāwim kupre pat
2	A 9 a1	a1 ypā :	tuṅkyo	=śśi tsit ; śomināṃ
3	A 55 a6	arseñc pälskes : tsitoṣ	tub1(ṅkyo)	; 14σ 7σ ///
4	A 55 b1	; lepśsā tāpärk :	tuṅkyo	trikob2(ṣ) ; 14σ 6σ
5	A 77 b6	/// sāṃ ; wartsi	tuṅkyo	: 1 camäṣ wä
6	A 99 b1	papälyku° b1 /// poñcäṃ	tuṅkyo	yäksoräṣ ākrunt lyālyoräṣ b2
7	A 101 a1	ṣ ṣñi ckācarr oki	tuṅkyo	särkiñcā ṣu yäkṣintr-äṃ a2
8	A 108 a6	m nu cam ;	tuṅkyo	=ki kenträ : 5
9	A 108 b1	ne kenträ ; cu	tuṅkyo	; täpren-äk ; b2
10	A 186 b3	b3 /// oki tosmāṣiṃ	tuṅkyo	kupre ontaṃ /// b4
11	A 217 a7	; yāmär spaktāṃ ;	tuṅkyo	cem : cesmy ākṣiññam
12	A 246 a2	wi(nā)sam cu ; – –	tuṅkyo	; kāswoneṣi ; sāmuddrä
13	A 277 b2	skatärm • – – pats	tuṅkyo	plāryā särkiñco ā b3
14	A 338 b7	/// śi yal märkampalṣiṃ	tuṅkyo	āriñciṃ se /// b8