akāśe

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Meaning:	“sky, air, empty space”; “ether, atmosphere”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ākāś
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. ākāśa- "light, clearness; a free space, vacuity; ether, sky, atmosphere"
Lexeme variants:	akāśe; akāś
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	akāśe
voc
acc	akāś
gen	akāśäntse
loc	akāśne
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	akāśäś
caus

Lexeme family

• akāśe “sky, air, empty space” “ether, atmosphere” m

  	sg
  nom	akāśe
  acc	akāś
  gen	akāśäntse
  loc	akāśne
  all	akāśäś

  • akāśäṣṣe “pertaining to the sky, air”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	akāśäṣṣe	akaśäṣṣi
    acc	akāśäṣṣe

Occurrences

akāśe

1	SI P 2 b5	po karsa(tsi) ; (ṣa)ñ	akāśe	; po saṃsārne ;
2	SI P 2 b6	(śaiṣṣene) • prutkoytr	akāśe	; tañ krentaunasa ;
3	THT 178 a1	m(ā) rano ket ra	akāśe	alye(kepi) pelai a2 knets(e)
4	THT 178 a2	ste • kā laute	akāśe	westär adivat kāś· – – – –
5	THT 178 a3	a3 kuse weweñor tāka	akāśe	te ramt{†ä} /// ///
6	THT 178 a3	/// /// palkäṃ te	akāśe	ṣṣe te nauṣ pākri
7	THT 178 a3	pākri tāka ompostäṃ ka	akāśe	wä – – – ni takāre
8	THT 178 a4	maṃnt – – – o laute	akāś(e)	westär kā a5 sū
9	THT 178 b2	• mā prutkäṣṣälle kucesa	akāśe	mā prutkäṣṣälle st(e) •
10	THT 178 b3	akāśäntse pkante mäsketär ce	akāśe	ṣpä omt(e) mā tākoy
11	THT 178 b4	ālyaucemeṃ wāki star-me •	akāśe	b5 a(saṃ)sk(ṛ)t ste •
12	THT 1117 b4	/// as· /// ///	(a)k(ā)ś(e)	t(ā)ka(ṃ) s(n)ai tärkarwa b5