empelyi

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Meaning:	“terrible, horrible”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	empele
Lexeme variants:	empelyi

Number:	plural
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
nom	empele	empelya	empelyi	empelona
acc	empelye	empelyai	empelyeṃ	empelona

1	IOL Toch 511 a5	– /// a5 ///	(e)mpelyi	k·e° /// b1 ///
2	PK AS 7G b4	ścireñ kektseñtsa ; lkātsi	(e)mpelyi	; pilko palsko ;
3	PK AS 7G b5	tsa mäskenträ ; lkātsy	empelyi	; ścire-kek(ts)e(ñ) ; ///
4	PK NS 49A b1	b1 – m· –	emp(e)lyi	• apā /// b2
5	PK NS 159 b4	/// b4 /// lkātsi	em(p)elyi	(c)ai /// b5 ///
6	THT 128 a7	– _ī amācänta ;	empelyi	täñ ; – – – – ;
7	THT 522 a7	tsämṣeñcañ kre – – – – – – – – – – – – ṣ·äl·e	empel(y)i	ñe /// a8 ///
8	THT 1193 and 2247 b7	traiṣṣeṃ tallantaṃ tsäksen(m)e pwār=	empel(y)i	/// /// (pä)ls(k)one :
9	THT 1254 b3	b3 /// pwār	empelyi	: tsepenne /// b4
10	THT 1264 b2	/// – tākoṃ māk	empelyi	: – ·i ///