ñisa

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Meaning:	“I, me”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	näṣ
Lexeme variants:	ñisa; ññissa; ñissa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ñäś, ñiś	wes	wene
voc
acc	ñäś, ñiś	wes	wene
gen	ñi	wesäñ, wesäṃ, wesi
loc	ñiśne, ñäśne	wesäṃne
comit	ñäśämpa	wesämpa	wenempa
inst
abl	ñiśmeṃ, ñśameṃ	wesmeṃ, wesanmeṃ
perl	ñisa
all	ñäśäścä
caus

Lexeme family

• ñäś “I, me” m/f

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	ñäś, ñiś	wes	wene
  acc	ñäś, ñiś	wes	wene
  gen	ñi	wesäñ, wesäṃ, wesi
  loc	ñiśne, ñäśne	wesäṃne
  comit	ñäśämpa	wesämpa	wenempa
  abl	ñiśmeṃ, ñśameṃ	wesmeṃ, wesanmeṃ
  perl	ñisa
  all	ñäśäścä

  • ñiññe “pertaining to me, my own”

    	sg.m
    nom	ñiññe
    acc	ñiññe

  • ñiññeṣṣe “pertaining to me, my own”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	ñiññeṣṣe
    acc	ñiññeṣṣe	ñiññeṣṣeṃ

Occurrences

ñisa

1

THT 107 b1

weñā-meś ṣerśkana : se

ñisa

śpālmeṃ rṣāke tākaṃ cwi

ñissa

1	IOL Toch 122 JOIN a2	/// /// (ākṣu)sa yesäñ	ñissa	ytā(rye) /// a3
2	IOL Toch 407 a4	/// a4 /// w(e)weñoṣ	ñissa	śaulasso(ñc) /// b1 ///
3	PK AS 17C b4	; m(ā) p(i) prukṣtar	ñissa	nta : lareṃ pā(tä)r-ś{†ä}
4	THT 27 b4	ākṣusa yesäñ sāu ;	ñissa	ytārye nauṣ • yokaiṣṣe
5	THT 90 a5	nai kca nesta ñke	ñissa	a6 /// wartto
6	THT 107 a9	weñā-meś ṣerśkana sam rṣāke	ñissa	śpāa10lmeṃ ste • cwim
7	THT 107 b2	• ṣerśkana ceym rṣāki	ñissa	śpālmeṃ stare • b3
8	THT 547 b5	b5 atra mayā tane	ñissa	• evaṃ gantavyaṃ •

ññissa

1

THT 107 a9

ce pin{t}wāt epe se

ññissa

śpālmeṃ tākaṃ cwi aiścer