eśnesa

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Meaning:	“eye”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ak
Lexeme variants:	eśnesa
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

eśnesa

1	IOL Toch 212 b2	/// b2 /// °ṣṣana	eśnesa	: añcāl ṣa –
2	PK AS 13B b3	: māka lalaṃṣkana tseñāna	eśnesa	erṣṣäṃ takab4(rṣkñe) (:) ///
3	THT 33 b2	naumikkane b2 ; lkāṣn	eśnesa	; kutameṃ källoym ;
4	THT 276.b b2	/// b2 /// –	eśnesa	/// b3 /// –
5	THT 293 b1	8σ 7σ /// ;	eśnesa	meṅ;kitse – tkā ra
6	THT 407 a6	; a6 wars= ite	eśnesa	meṅkitse ; tākoy kacāp
7	THT 1304 b3	/// b3 /// mäkcya	eśnesa	k·ā mai krentä śīlaṣṣeṃ
8	THT 1536.g a2	osne /// a2 ///	eśnesa	po saṃsārä ñeñusku o