ñemtsa

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Meaning:	“name”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ñom
Lexeme variants:	ñemtsa; ñemttsa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-na

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ñem
voc
acc	ñem
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	ñemtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ñem “name” n

  	sg
  nom	ñem
  acc	ñem
  perl	ñemtsa

  • ñem-kälywe “fame, renown” msg

    	sg
    nom	ñem-kälywe
    acc	ñem-kälywe

    • ñem-kälyweṣṣe “pertaining to fame/renown”

      	sg.m
      nom	ñem-kälyweṣṣe
      acc	ñem-kälyweṣṣe

    • ñem-kälywetstse “having fame, good reputation”

      	sg.m
      acc	ñem-kälywecce

Occurrences

ñemttsa

1	PK AS 8A b5	yasarsa ṣpä(rka)b5ṣle • kete	ñemttsa	pwarne hom yāmäṃ su
2	THT 375 a2	॥ śrāvasti rine varddhane	ñemttsa	– tallāu snaitse anās
3	THT 375 a4	a4 /// etsuwai priyadeve	ñemttsa	śreṣṭhi ṣey eśatkai śāte
4	THT 400 a4	ś ñiś : ratnacuḍa	ñemttsa	a5 miñcuṣka takāwa ṣer

ñemtsa

1	IOL Toch 92 a4	poñ ce ñiś te	ñemtsa	pañäkte saim yamaskemar pelaikne
2	IOL Toch 92 b1	(ya)maskemar tritesa ñiś te	ñemtsa	pañäkte saim yamaskem(a)r b2
3	IOL Toch 92 b3	(tatā)kaṣ watesa ñiś te	ñemtsa	pañäkte saim yāmu •
4	IOL Toch 125 b2	b2 /// °ṇākene te	ñemtsa	kwaṣai saim yāmo –
5	PK AS 8A b6	• kos yap cwi	ñemts{i→a}	pwarne hom yamaṣäle ekalmī
6	PK AS 8A b8	pwarne hom yama(ṣä)le kete	ñemtsa	yāmä{ṃ} su mā wal(k)e
7	PK AS 8A b9	hom yamaṣäle b9 ke(te)	ñemtsa	yāmäṃ cwi śaulampa sām
8	PK AS 8B a2	ṣat twer(e)ne tsapanale kete	ñ(e)mtsa	yāmäṃ su keto mäske(t)rä
9	PK AS 8B a3	yepesa āśe kärs{t→n}ālya kete	ñemtsa	yāmäṃ su mā walke
10	PK AS 8B a5	: campākäṣṣai tāna kete	ñemtsa	pwarne hom yāmäṃ su
11	PK AS 8B a6	taka pwarne ṣaläṣäle kete	ñemtsa	yāmä{ṃ} su ṣu= kau{ṃ}
12	PK AS 8B a7	pwarne hom yama(ṣä)a7le kete	ñemtsa	yāmäṃ cwi larauñesa śaul
13	PK AS 8C a7	śamñana wī kwrāṣäṃ tainaisäñ	ñemtsa	näsait yamaṣle 7 t(aka)
14	PK AS 8C a8	okt praroṃ wat sanätse	ñemtsa	nässait yamaṣle 7 sanatse
15	PK AS 17B a5	sū ; a5 karuṃ	ñemtsa	śauśalle ; posa śpālmeṃ
16	PK NS 30 b5	waikeṣ(ṣ)e /// b5 ///	(ñemt)s(a)	tsainwa mār-ñäktentse ṣale āñmä
17	THT 77 a3	ente se krentau(natstse) (a)a3raṇemi	ñemtsa	walo ṣai ot rano
18	THT 81 a5	pcīso araṇemiñ lānte uttare	ñemtsa	soṃśke ste ṣañ śaulameṃ
19	THT 95 a6	/// a6 subhāṣitagaveṣi	ñemts(a)	/// /// (pañäktäññeṣṣe)pi ślaukantse
20	THT 108 b2	om mäskeñca ; cwi	ñemtsa	; wartto klāwa •
21	THT 111 a6	/// tne ॥ naradeve	ñemtsa	walo /// a7 ///
22	THT 287 a5	4σ /// ; ymīye	ñemtsa	; kakākausa : po
23	THT 297.c b1	r· – – ॥ m(i)tr(e)	ñ(e)mtsa	k· /// b2 kekenu
24	THT 349 b3	b3 /// ne brahmadatte	ñemtsa	walo mäskīträ ispek ṣpä
25	THT 350 b2	indravyākaranäṣṣe aiśamñesa ke(kenu) some	ñemtsa	brāhmaṇe ṣai : sū
26	THT 429 b1	b1 /// v·trä daṇḍakamāl	ñemtsa	ce pässak wāpa kavviṣṣe
27	THT 507 b1	/// b1 /// ñe	ñemtsa	ṣpä • cetiṣṣ· tane
28	THT 1106 b2	• śaulasu ñiś te	ñem(tsa)	– – – b3
29	THT 1108 b2	(te)	ñemts(a)	tā pātrai prucamñai eṅkaskemar
30	THT 1371.g b1	/// ri ne dorphile	ñemtsa	– – ṣma b2 ///
31	THT 1573.a b6	b6 /// – ṣṇe	ñemtsa	wartto wṣeññaine mäskeñca :
32	THT 1576.e b3	/// ṣa – tra	ñemtsa	ñkañce cā – ///