was

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Meaning:	“I, me”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ñäś
Lexeme variants:	was
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
voc
acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
comit	nṣaśśäl
inst
abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac
caus

Lexeme family

• näṣ “I, me” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
  loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
  comit	nṣaśśäl
  abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
  perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
  all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac

Occurrences

was

1	A 15 a1	(nu)a1(na-)k ālam-wcac träṅkiñc	was	tṣaṃ pācri ṣñi kākropunt
2	A 15 a3	wärce äntā (ne) a3	(wa)s	ālu ype kälkāmäs tmann
3	A 15 a3	weñlune kärsāl tāṣ tämyo	was	ṣñi – a4 – –
4	A 41 b4	1 /// b4 mosaṃ	was	puk rinä(smāṃ) /// b5
5	A 41 b5	cesmi mosaṃ m= āṣāṃ	was	a° /// b6 kucyone
6	A 44 b3	ākärnunt aśä(nyo) /// b3	was	āṣānik ṣpä(t) /// (mä)b4nwā
7	A 60 b5	1 ॥ puk wäknā	was	ākāl ritāmtär tāne tu
8	A 62 a3	āṣānik : puk täm	was	ṣru;a4(maṣ) 6σ /// t
9	A 72 a2	/// sne plā wlamträ	was	tāloṣ sekaṣ-äm śwāl – – –
10	A 73 b2	6σ 17σ /// l	was	: āñmäṣ lyutār ;
11	A 85 b2	m naṣ kus ne	was	wunäṣṣ āl· /// b3
12	A 95 a6	12σ 8σ /// ;	was	nu skenat ; mäṅkässi
13	A 121 a1	a1 ///	was	sem yāmuṣ : lwākaṃ
14	A 121 b4	(saṃ)sāraṃ sparcwmāṃ kuc ne	was	mā wärpā b5 ///
15	A 169 a3	ko /// a3 cär	was	ākṣiññams-äm – – – – ñomā śākkiṣi
16	A 215 b3	: kuyall aśśi täṣ	was	vaiśravaṃ wäl ptāñkät käṣyāp
17	A 232 a2	pältsäkk ; arñantar ;	was	pe nuṃ tm-äk ;
18	A 253 b5	b5 (na)ṣt{†ä} ; mar	was	präṅkäṣt ; purpār pyāpi
19	A 253 b7	kāpñe ; can-äk tuṅk	was	; kälpīmträ : träṅkmāṃ
20	A 263 a8	/// a8 ñc tṣaṃ	was	āṣānik ·i /// b1
21	A 263 b3	tämyo tu purpār mar	was	āmpi /// b4 – –
22	A 266 b6	lāṃtssac /// b6 l	was	raryuräṣ waṣtäṣ läc :
23	A 266 b7	pe /// b7 ñc	was	penu cwāk särki pont
24	A 270 a4	päkl(ār) m(e)trak kuc ne	was	asaṃkhyea5(saṃ) (kalpsaṃ) /// (puttiśparṣināṃ)
25	A 279 a3	m lyalypäntu kucyo ne	was	metrakṣināṃ o /// a4
26	A 288 b3	॥ (sātagiri) (träṅkäṣ) (picäs)	(was)	(kuc) (ne) (waiśravaṃ) (wä)b4l
27	A 288 b4	metrak śmäṣ täpreṃ parmā	was	p(t)ā(ñkät) (käṣṣiṃ) (lkāluneṣiṃ) (ākālyo)
28	A 296 a6	/// a6 kärsoräṣ rinäṣtār	was	yātiś-śi ā /// (kä)a7rparäṃnyo
29	A 297 a4	c • kuyal mā	was	ārśo-k camā särki waṣtäṣ
30	A 300 a1	– āly· k träṅkiñc	was	p{a→e}nu śākyamu – – – – – – – mäs
31	A 300 a3	– r ālṣāt-äm cesmi-k	was	ā – – ·m· nt
32	A 300 b3	b3 9σ 4σ ///	was	; saṃ wra{ṃ} ṣtmoñcäs
33	A 300 b5	nātäk tämne ṣe kāruṇik	was	neṣ śākyamunis śāsnaśśa° b6
34	A 303 a5	(mai)treyasamit postäk śpālmeṃ pekamät	was	pukis a6 /// oppatyuti
35	A 311 a4	krant śāsnaṃ ; kälpāmät	was	; oñi cmol :
36	A 340 a4	klop caṣ ; k(aśśiñ)	(was)	(70-8) (we) (koṭikarṇe) ;
37	A 340 a6	tāpärk ; śwātsiyis ñom	wa(s)	; (mākk) (at)s klyoṣāmäs
38	A 340 b1	entsyo y(ā)munt ; lyalypäntwā	(was)	; (pretañ) (kucäṣ) tñi
39	A 341 a4	kāruṇik nātäk ; {†k}kaśśiñ	was	a(ryu) /// 15σ 10σ
40	A 341 b9	; pācar mācar ;	was	lo kāsū ; ptas
41	A 342 a5	mā śkaṃ nātäk ;	was	cämplye ; tñ= erkātune
42	A 342 b3	brā(māṃ) e(pe) mā ne	was	entsaträ was nū taṃne
43	A 342 b3	mā ne was entsaträ	was	nū taṃne wkäṃnyo nātkis
44	A 348 a4	a4 /// nāṃ kapśiñño	was	cwac śmi a5 ///
45	A 349 a2	s caṣ krant pñi	was	wil lun· /// a3
46	THT 2204.h b1	/// b1 /// mā	was	– ///
47	YQ I.1 a5	(॥) (sātāgiri) (trä)ṅkäṣ p(i)cäs	was	kuc ne waiśravaṃ wäl
48	YQ I.1 a6	metrak śmaṣ täpreṃ parmā	was	ptāñkät käṣṣiṃ lkālune – –
49	YQ I.4 b2	säs koṃñkät wmāluneyaṃ yäṣ	was	penu ṣñi ṣñi wṣeṃñesac
50	YQ I.7 a2	(:) (kuyall) (aśśi) (täṣ)	(was)	(vaiśravaṃ) (wäl) (ptāñkät) (käṣ)y(ā)p
51	YQ II.6 a5	onu naṣt ; ānāsās	was	; ke aśśi ;
52	YQ II.6 a7	(:) (kā)ru(ṃ)ṣinäs ; lotksaṃ	was	; opyāc klitār ;
53	YQ II.7 a8	5σ /// ; pukis	was	praski ; arṣäntāñ :
54	YQ II.12 b6	täṣ tñi kus ne	was	upādhyāy caṣäk wram āksib7(ssi)
55	YQ II.15 a2	; ypamtär-ci ; mar	was	märsit ; tskitār-äm ;
56	YQ III.3 a6	/// tämyo mar	was	śārwres śākkeśśi rakeyā märkampal
57	YQ III.3 a7	ke tkaṃsaṃ säs tsälpont	was	nasamäs a8 ///
58	YQ III.3 a8	a8 /// kakmunt	was	• naṣ nu mā
59	YQ III.3 a8	nākäñtär tämyo pic-äkk ats	was	märkampal klyob1(ssi) /// (śākkeṣi)nāñ
60	YQ III.11 a7	/// (pukkā)kāc cesmi	was	ārts koṃ yärk pyāmäs