eśanene

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Meaning:	“eye”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ak
Lexeme variants:	eśanene; eśañene
Number:	dual
Case:	locative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ek		eś, eśane
voc
acc	ek	eśaiṃ	eś, eśane
gen			eśnaisäñ
loc			eśanene
comit
inst
abl
perl	eksa		eśnesa, eśanesa, eśnesā-k
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ek “eye” n
  • eśanetstse “having eyes, having the ability to see”

    	sg.m
    nom	eśanetstse

  • yneś “face to face, manifest(ly), obvious(ly), really”
    • yneśne “manifestly, obviously, face to face [< * into the eyes]”
  • eśaneṣṣe “pertaining to the eyes”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	eśaneṣṣe		eśaneṣṣana
    acc	eśaneṣṣe	eśaneṣṣeṃ	eśaneṣṣana

Occurrences

eśañene

1

THT 500-502 b4

– – källe

eśañene

yamaṣle ce krāntsa nasait

eśanene

1	PK AS 2B a3	• pokaine • āśne	ea4śanene	• korne klautsaine •
2	W 13 a6	mä ·e – ntär	e(śa)nene	s·mäṣṣälle eśa –
3	W 17 b2	(ku)b2(ñcī)täṣṣe ṣalype • nastukārm	eśanene	kartse pāwesa ṣpä nestsi