ṣale

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Meaning:	“mountain, hill”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣul
Lexeme variants:	ṣale; ṣäle
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-eṃ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣale	ṣali
voc
acc	ṣale	ṣaleṃ
gen	ṣlentse	ṣleṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl	ṣlemeṃ
perl	ṣälesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣale “mountain, hill” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣale	ṣali
  acc	ṣale	ṣaleṃ
  gen	ṣlentse	ṣleṃts
  abl	ṣlemeṃ
  perl	ṣälesa

  • ṣleṣṣe “pertaining to a mountain”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	ṣleṣṣe		ṣleṣṣi
    acc	ṣleṣṣe	ṣleṣṣai

Occurrences

ṣale

1	PK NS 30 b5	/// (ñemt)s(a) tsainwa mār-ñäktentse	ṣale	āñmä memi(skoṣepi) /// b6
2	PK NS 398 a4	॥ om no hastāṅkuśe	ṣale	menāk arkwib1(-yok) /// °te
3	PK NS 398 b3	su walo warttone :	ṣale	menāk wakīb4(tse) ; ///
4	THT 22 b5	: b5	ṣale	säl(pa)mo ; (kälyi)tär-ne ;
5	THT 356.a a3	/// °ne ॥ añcānäṣṣe	ṣale	/// a4 /// yamai
6	THT 430 a1	a1 /// guṃnma stare	ṣale	a2 /// kauś yeyeṃ
7	THT 525 a4	mt{†ä} • taisa cakravār{†ä}	(ṣa)le	• mahā /// a5
8	THT 554 b5	(ṅk)e ; – – – b5	ṣale	tapre ; murtaṣe ;
9	THT 1190 a4	tne sa kä s·aṃ	ṣale	• anya /// a5

ṣäle

1	IOL Toch 22 b3	/// b3 /// (oṅko)lmaisā	ṣäle	ra(mt) /// b4 ///
2	IOL Toch 164 a4	parvvataḥ śailaḥ mäkte rano	ṣäl(e)	kärweñäṣṣe • a5 ///
3	PK NS 96 b3	ṣti tākaṃ b3 ///	ṣäle	puwar yamtsi waltsañe kāṣ
4	PK NS 96 b5	so /// b5 ///	ṣäle	kayanma ñame ñiya caturdi
5	THT 245 a4	a4 r k(a) :	ṣäle	ramtwe ; kwäntsa pälsko