āntse

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Meaning:	“shoulder”; “element”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	es
Lexeme variants:	āntse; ānts=
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
voc
acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
gen		antseṃts
loc	āntsene
comit
inst
abl	āntsemeṃ
perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āntse “shoulder” “element” m

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
  acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
  gen		antseṃts
  loc	āntsene
  abl	āntsemeṃ
  perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa

  • antseṣṣe “pertaining to the skandhas”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	antseṣṣe
    acc	antseṣṣe	antseṣṣai

Occurrences

ānts=

1

PK AS 6C b7

os= ; tärkau wat

ānts=

ompal(sk)oṣṣe : wiṣaintaṣ(ṣ)ai yokaisa

āntse

1	IOL Toch 4 a6	ṣañäññe lkāṣṣälle ॥ warpalyñaṣṣe	āntse	tsaknob1(y) /// (ṣe)me ṣarsa
2	IOL Toch 602 b4	– nträ nukos pīś	ā(nts)e	/// b5 /// –
3	IOL Toch 650 b2	b2 /// – ṣṣelñ=	āntse	/// b3 /// sa
4	IOL Toch 802 b1	b1 /// °ña rupaṣṣe	āntse	– – /// b2 ///
5	THT 152 b6	/// b6 bhapne rupaṣṣe	āntse	sumer-ṣal(e) ///
6	THT 153 b5	/// b5 nabhavāṅkne rupaṣṣe	āntse	wa /// /// ṣotri
7	THT 1403.b b2	b2 /// l·o ·te	āntse	– ///
8	THT 2356 a2	/// a2 /// lyai	āntse	s· – – lkā trä