āntsesa

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Meaning:	“shoulder”; “element”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	es
Lexeme variants:	āntsesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
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

āntsesa

1	THT 74 b4	; swañcaintsa : saiwai	āntsesa	; yaitu – b5
2	THT 91		(ā)a1ntsesa	watsālai premane war āṣtsiś