āppa

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Meaning:	“father”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āp
Lexeme variants:	āppa; appa
Number:	singular
Case:	vocative
Gender:	masculine
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āppo
voc	āppa
acc	āppai
gen	āppantse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āppo “father” m

  	sg
  nom	āppo
  voc	āppa
  acc	āppai
  gen	āppantse

  • appakke “dear father [diminutive]” m

    	sg
    nom	appakke
    voc	appakka

Occurrences

āppa

1

THT 83 a5

a5 /// (we)ṣṣäṃ

āppa

ate yāmtsi päkn(ā)star-ñ ॥

appa

1	PK AS 12B a3	nāyake weṣṣäṃ • ñäkta	appa	ṣäñ śāmna lkālläññempa eneśle
2	PK AS 12B b1	y(a)m(a)strä w(e)ṣ(ṣ)ä(ṃ) • ñäkta	app(a)	w(ināskew-cä) /// b2 eṅkormeṃ