eṅkalsu

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Meaning:	Adams 2013a: “passionate”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	eṅkalsu
Lexeme variants:	eṅkalsu
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	eṅkalsu
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• eṅk-
  • eṅkäl “passion, attachment, affection, love” msg

    	sg	pl
    nom	eṅkäl	eṅkalwa
    acc	eṅkäl	eṅkalwa
    comit	eṅkälmpa
    perl	eṅkältsa

    • eṅkaläṣṣe “pertaining to passion”

      	sg.m
      nom	eṅkaläṣṣe
      acc	eṅkaläṣṣe

    • eṅkalsu “passionate”

      	sg.m
      nom	eṅkalsu

    • eṅkalätstse “passionate”

      	sg.m
      nom	eṅkalätstse

  • eṅk- “to seize, take” “understand” gv
    • eñcil “levy, tax”

      	sg
      nom	eñcil
      acc	eñcil

      • eñcilmaṣṣe “pertaining to a levy/tax”

        	sg.m
        nom	eñcilmaṣṣe
        acc	eñcilmaṣṣe

    • eñci “grasping (?)”

      	sg.m
      nom	eñci

    • eṅk- “to seize, take” “understand” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṅkaskemar	eṅkaskemttär
      2	eṅkastar
      3	eṅkaṣṣitär, eṅkastär	eṅkaskentär

      • eṅkaṣṣälle “seizing, being bound to seize” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṅkaṣṣälle	eṅkaṣälya	eṅkaṣṣälyi	eṅkaṣälona
        acc				eṅkaṣälona
        comit			ekṣalyimpa

      • eṅkäskemane “seize, take” “understand” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane
        acc	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane	eṅkäskemane

      • eṅkaṣṣeñca “seizing, taking” “understanding” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
        nom	eṅkaṣṣeñca	eṅkaṣṣeñca	eṅkaṣeñcana
        acc			eṅkaṣeñcana

    • eṅk- “to seize, take” “understand” gv.subj1

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eñcīmar
      2	eñcitar
      3	eñcītär, eṅktär	eṅkantär

      • eṅkalya “to seize, take” “understand” part.subj1

        	sg.f
        nom	eṅkalya

      • eṅkalñe “seizing, clinging (to existence)” “adherence, attachment” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg	pl
        nom	eṅkalñe	eṅkalñenta
        acc	eṅkalñe	eṅkalñenta
        gen	eṅkalñentse
        loc	eṅkalñene
        abl	eṅkalyñemeṃ
        perl	eṅkalñesa

        • eṅkalñeṣṣe “pertaining to seizing, clinging” subj1

          	sg.m
          nom	eṅkalñeṣṣe
          acc	eṅkalñeṣṣe

      • eṅktsi “to seize, take” “understand” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	eṅktsi
        acc	eṅktsi

    • eṅk- “to seize, take” “understand” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	eṅksamai	eṅksamte
      2	eṅksatai
      3	eṅksate, eṅksate-ne	eṅksante, eṅksante-ne

      • eṅku “having seized” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	eṅkoṣ, eṅku	eṅkoṣ	eṅkuwa
        acc	eṅkoṣ	eṅkoṣ

        • eṅkor “seizure” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          nom	eṅkor
          acc	eṅkor
          abl	eṅkormeṃ

    • eṅk- “to seize, take” “understand” gv.imp3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	peṅksa	peṅsar	peṅksat

Bibliography

Adams 2013a

Adams, Douglas Q. 2013a. A dictionary of Tocharian B. Revised and greatly enlarged. 2nd ed. 2 vols. Amsterdam/New York: Rodopi.