āśce

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Meaning:	“head”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lap
Lexeme variants:	āśce; aśce; āśe
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āśce	aści
voc
acc	āśc	āstäṃ
gen
loc	āśne
comit
inst
abl	aścameṃ
perl	āṣtsa	āstäntsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āśce “head” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	āśce	aści
  acc	āśc	āstäṃ
  loc	āśne
  abl	aścameṃ
  perl	āṣtsa	āstäntsa

Occurrences

āśe

1

PK AS 8B a3

cwi soyetse śireṃ yepesa

āśe

kärs{t→n}ālya kete ñemtsa yāmäṃ

āśce

1	PK AS 19.21 b3	cwi no kosraittse ysāṣṣa	āśce	tūne kauc palsko aśalle
2	THT 22 b5	: käskaññītär-ne ; waiptār	āśce	; po lykaśke {:}
3	THT 214 b1	; (n)au(myesa) (tä)ñ ;	āśce	imeṣṣa • ñem-kälyweṣṣe ;
4	W 21 b3	ke(wi)ye kuñcītäṣṣe ṣalypesa b3	(āśce)	sonopälya kartse māka •
5	W 30 b4	(ku)ñcī(tä)ṣṣe ṣalype malkwe(rsa) pä(kṣa)lle	(āśce)	– – – – b5 – – – (s)o(nopä)le
6	W 33 b3	wlaśkeṃ pūwarsa päkṣalle •	āśce	sonopälya kke ·i ·e

aśce

1

THT 407 b2

rmeb2r ka cpi ;

aśce

lyautaiyne tāu ; sälkoytär