ṣarsa

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Meaning:	“hand”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsar
Lexeme variants:	ṣarsa; ṣärsa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣar		ṣarne
voc
acc	ṣar		ṣarne
gen
loc			ṣarnene
comit
inst
abl			ṣarnemeṃ
perl	ṣarsa		ṣarnesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣar “hand” n

  	sg	du
  nom	ṣar	ṣarne
  acc	ṣar	ṣarne
  loc		ṣarnene
  abl		ṣarnemeṃ
  perl	ṣarsa	ṣarnesa

Occurrences

ṣarsa

1	IOL Toch 4 b1	āntse tsaknob1(y) /// (ṣe)me	ṣarsa	ceṃ prer(esa) (wsecce) (sä)lkoy-ne
2	IOL Toch 4 b1	(wsecce) (sä)lkoy-ne • wace	ṣarsa	(sāṃ)tkenta laupoy-ne āñu yamī-ne
3	IOL Toch 33 b3	b3 /// – tsäṅkā-neścä	ṣarsa	/// b4 /// –
4	IOL Toch 62 a4	ñkantesa wärñai naumyenta ṣañ	ṣarsa	kaua5(c) /// ·e •
5	IOL Toch 246 a2	70-2 se ṣamāne ṣañ	ṣarsa	keṃ rapanaṃ rāpatsi wat
6	IOL Toch 248 a6	aletsai aśiyaimeṃ • ṣañ	ṣarsa	trās(k)ab1lye • tsāltalye eñcīträ
7	IOL Toch 1121 a2	/// – ṣmareṃ ṣareṃ	ṣa(rsa)	/// a3 /// klusa
8	PK AS 15E a5	a5 /// ··w· ly·	ṣarsa	ysāṣṣe korṣ= eṅku ///
9	PK AS 17C b1	tsaṅka	ṣa(r)s(a)	eṅsate-n(e) ys(a)p(e) lyām(ate-ne) – – –
10	PK AS 17H a6	tumeṃ supriye cakravārtti walo	ṣarsa	kerunta b1 pl(o)r(i)y(aṃ) āl{p}o(rmeṃ)
11	PK NS 32 b3	śle tsārwo wrantsai tsäṅkā-ne	ṣarsa	eṅsate-ne asāb4(nne) (lyāmate-ne) (yṣuwarsa)
12	PK NS 355 a3	/// (mñcu)ṣk(eṃ) eṅku wace	ṣarsa	ysāṣṣe /// a4
13	SI P 1 b2	poyśiññeṣṣ= aurtsa ; läktsauña	ṣa(rsa)	(näkcye) ; b3
14	THT 15 b4	śarīb4(rntats) (:) (o)l(yp)o ṣañ	ṣarsa	; kautoy ksa (pat)
15	THT 16 b4	tāu : kawam ṣañ	ṣar(sa)	; /// 17σ ///
16	THT 17 b6	(śa);(rīrntatsä) (:) (o)lypo ṣañ	ṣarsa	; kautoy ksa pat
17	THT 85 a4	॥ tumeṃ walo ṣeme	ṣarsa	u(tta)a5reṃ mñcuṣkeṃ e(ṅku) (wace)
18	THT 85 a5	u(tta)a5reṃ mñcuṣkeṃ e(ṅku) (wace)	(ṣarsa)	(āy)orṣ(ṣ)e w(a)r eṅku arañcä
19	THT 322 b7	osne ṣmalle 30 mā	ṣarsa	ālyauce –
20	THT 337 a1	• kuse ṣamāne ṣañ	ṣarsa	naumi(ye) (ta)läṣṣäṃ watkäṣṣäṃ aitsi
21	THT 371 b5	/// mp(a) • ṣeme	ṣarsa	ñiś kauc taläs(k)au ///
22	THT 560 a5	śem • uppāl-yokäṃ lalaṃṣkeṃ	ṣarsa	srukausai klaiṃtsa aipoṣ kenek
23	THT 1170.d a5	– /// a5 ṣṣe	ṣarsa	·e /// b1 ·s·
24	THT 1173 a3	kwipe /// a3 ///	ṣarsa	lalaṃṣkeṃ uppālere sujā ///

ṣärsa

1	THT 121 a6	śār parsnān tesa ceken-ne	ṣärsa	40 /// (mä)a7rseträ nauṣäññana
2	THT 212 a2	; bhṛṅkār eṅku ;	ṣärsa	ymeṣṣe • maiyttärṣṣe no