eśnesā-k

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Meaning:	“eye”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ak
Lexeme variants:	eśnesā-k
Number:	dual
Case:	perlative
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

eśnesā-k

1

THT 67 a1

a1 /// :

eśnesā-k

war (ñ)i(ś) (päst) ;