empele
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| Meaning: | “terrible, horrible” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | empele |
| Lexeme variants: | empele; empelle; =mpele |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | P-e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | P-i |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | empele | empelya | empelyi | empelona | ||
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| acc | empelye | empelyai | empelyeṃ | empelona | ||
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Lexeme family
- empele “terrible, horrible”
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom empele empelya empelyi empelona acc empelye empelyai empelyeṃ empelona
Occurrences
empelle
| 1 | THT 135 b1 | 3σ 1σ b1 l· | empelle | yolo /// 1σ b2 |
| 2 | THT 255 a6 | ; śaiṣṣentse ; san | empelle | ; añmäntse orkämñana ; |
| 3 | THT 2706 a2 | täṃ keś mā āś | empelle | palsko tswaśke pyāmtsar |
empele
| 1 | IOL Toch 5 b1 | ; r(e)r(i)nu ; ñiś | empele | karuṇaṣṣe ; tr(o)ṅk prutk(a)r |
| 2 | IOL Toch 97 b2 | /// ñī protri teki | empele | tsaṅka /// b3 weñā-me |
| 3 | Kz-211-ZS-R-06 a4 | ra preke se yolo | empele | ste sā kärtsauwñentse a5 |
| 4 | PK AS 7C a6 | ; lānt wrocce : | empele | rano ; yāmu ṣey-ne |
| 5 | PK AS 7M a6 | no ; śaul sam(p)auca | (e)mpele | patka(ṣ)ṣäṃ (en)eṃ ; nuskaṣṣäṃ |
| 6 | PK AS 13F a7 | y· kätkausa : walo | empel(e) | virūḍhake snai a8 /// |
| 7 | PK NS 266A b6 | b6 /// m· māk= | empele | ·ri /// |
| 8 | THT 21 b8 | ; poyśeñcai sāṃ ; | empe (le) | (:) |
| 9 | THT 254 a4 | ; śaiṣṣentse ; sān | empele | ; añmäntse : o |
| 10 | THT 295 a8 | saṃsārne tsäkṣträ śaiṣṣe ; | empele | ; ñyatseṣṣe ceu ; |
| 11 | THT 295 b4 | se mäṃnt ñyatse ; | empele | mā su nesä{ṃ} ; |
| 12 | THT 576 a3 | ·e luwo ṣey omp | empele | : wī āstäntsa orots(ts)e |
| 13 | THT 590 b2 | ālyaucesa wnolmi cai : | empele | palsko ; /// b3 |
| 14 | THT 3092.a a1 | a1 /// – ky | empele | /// b1 /// – |
| 15 | THT 3597 a6 | ka(ruṃ) (au)rtstse : 2 | empea7(le) | 15σ /// täṅw märsāre |
=mpele
| 1 | IOL Toch 1 b4 | palkas kärpye-saṃsār ce māka | =mpe(le) | /// b5 l· – – |
