eṅkwe

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Meaning:	“man, male”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	oṅk
Lexeme variants:	eṅkwe; eṅwe
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	eṅkwe	eṅkwi
voc
acc	eṅkweṃ
gen	eṅkwentse
loc	eṅkwene
comit	eṅkwenämpa
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• eṅkwe “man, male” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	eṅkwe	eṅkwi
  acc	eṅkweṃ
  gen	eṅkwentse
  loc	eṅkwene
  comit	eṅkwenämpa

  • eṅkwaññe “male”

    	sg.m
    nom	eṅkwaññe
    acc	eṅkwaññe

Occurrences

eṅwe

1	IOL Toch 4 b3	/// (l)k(ā)ṣṣäṃ mäkte tärrek	eṅwe	yesti nāskoy enersäṅk ṣaläskemane
2	IOL Toch 223 b1	/// – rano tu	eṅwe	klain(a) /// b2 ///
3	THT 91 b4	w(e)sk(e)ṃ kuse pi se	eṅwe	ste tswai(ññe) tane cärkenta
4	THT 91 b6	amācänt{ä→a} prekṣäṃ kuse samp	eṅwe	ste po śāmnas(a) (oṃ)ṣ(a)p{†ä}
5	THT 152 b2	lyñe arṣāklacce ālmene	eṅwe	lä /// b3 tṛṣṇabhavāṅkne
6	THT 152 b4	b4 lñe peṣteu	eṅwe	ra • ske ///
7	THT 420 a4	a4 /// m·	eṅwe	klyīye kos tw e
8	THT 616 a1	a1 ///	eṅwe	tāko /// a2 ///
9	THT 1168 a1	/// ·ā kṣa werpiśkatstse	eṅwe	mañīye ṣai • tumeṃ
10	THT 1168 b3	tot se anāthapiṇḍike śpālmeṃ	eṅwe	kwaṃts – l· ///
11	THT 1570 b3	b3 /// ·n·	eṅwe	klaintse : rūpne m·

eṅkwe

1	THT 193 a3	sakalendriye ubha a3 ///	eṅkwe	tākaṃ strīndri lau a4
2	THT 400 b2	cau āśrai omteṃ wteṃtstse	eṅkwe	tab3(kāwa) – latau ostmeṃ
3	THT 1111 a5	(ta)tākar mā tatākar śarsaṣṣäle	eṅkwe	nestä sob1lme ikäṃ-pikwalañe nestä
4	THT 1131.a a2	a2 /// – mā	eṅkwe	mā ma l· ///