śtwāra
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| Meaning: | “four” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Word subclass: | cardinal |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | śtwar |
| Lexeme variants: | śtwāra; śtwara; śtwarā; śwāra; śwār; śtwār= |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | feminine |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nom | śtwer | śtwāra | ||||
| voc | ||||||
| acc | śtwer | śtwāra | ||||
| gen | ||||||
| loc | śtwerne | |||||
| comit | ||||||
| inst | ||||||
| abl | ||||||
| perl | śwersa | |||||
| all | ||||||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- śtwer “four”
- śwerār “by fours”
- śtarte “fourth”
sg.m nom śtarte acc śtarce - śtwarātse “fourfold”
sg.m sg.f pl.f nom śtwarātse śtwarātsana acc śtwarātsai śtwarātsana - śtwarāka “fourty”
pl.m pl.f nom śtwarāka śtwarāka acc śtwarāka śtwarāka
Occurrences
śtwār=
| 1 | IOL Toch 272 b2 | k· /// b2 °na | śtwār= | empre(n)m(a) śä(r)sāsta – wināskau-c |
| 2 | PK AS 4A a5 | ; klyomñai ytāri : | śtwār= | emprenma ; lkātsisa ; |
| 3 | PK AS 5B b2 | ; kerū cai ; | śtwār= | emprenma ; newe{nt} ce |
| 4 | PK AS 5C b2 | ; ek pälskoṣṣe : | śtwār= | emprenma ; lk(ā)b3tsisa ; |
| 5 | PK NS 25 and 26 b4 | ; rints(e) ñi(ś) ; | (śtwār=) | (emprenma) ; (ṣarnesa) ; |
| 6 | PK NS 27 a1 | ; klyomñai ytāri : | śtwār= | em(pr)e(nma) ; (lkātsisa) ; |
| 7 | SI P 1 a6 | (toṃ) | (śtwār=) | (empre)nma ; pelaikneṣṣana ; |
| 8 | THT 1 a4 | ; (wertsiya)ntse pelaikne ; | śtwār= | emprenm= aurtsesa : /// |
| 9 | THT 23 a1 | ; ñakteṃmp= eṣe : | śtwār= | emprenma ñäś ; akṣāwa-me |
| 10 | THT 244 a1 | – (up)pāl-yok weś(e)ñ(ai)sa brahmaswar | śtwār= | emprenmaṣṣe klene(nt) /// a2 |
| 11 | THT 313 b4 | /// b4 /// ; | (śtwār=) | (empren)m(a) ; newent ce |
śtwara
| 1 | PK AS 8C a4 | warkensa māladaṇḍi= kär{†s}k{s}em{e→a}ne ॥ | śtwara | tasanmane ite ite mot |
| 2 | SI B 121(2) b2 | /// (p)r(a)mattaḥ ykenta | śtwara | śaumo ykuwo • āpad(yate) |
| 3 | THT 148 a2 | (•) a2 caturbhāga • | śtwara | pakenta • trayāśraya • |
| 4 | THT 497 a6 | (trau)nta • warä ṣkaska | śtwara | traunta • kosi • |
| 5 | THT 1378.g b1 | ·m· r ñäkte skāṃk | śtwara | /// b2 /// ñkä |
| 6 | THT 1595.f a2 | /// a2 /// ts· | śtwara | yäkne se pältke tne |
| 7 | THT 2677.d JOIN a5 | /// – ro śäk | śtwa(ra) | (p)ākenta 10-4 ke /// |
śtwāra
śtwarā
| 1 | IOL Toch 720 b1 | ·e /// b1 /// | śtwarā | – /// b2 /// |
| 2 | THT 171 b4 | /// b4 ntär 2 | śtwarā | yäkne kāmapratisaṃ /// b5 |
