erkenmasa

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Meaning:	“cemetery”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	erkenmasa; erkenmāsa
Number:	plural
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-au
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-enma

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	erkau	erkenma
voc
acc	erkau	erkenma
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl		erkenmameṃ
perl		erkenmasa
all		erkenmaś
caus

Lexeme family

• erkau “cemetery” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	erkau	erkenma
  acc	erkau	erkenma
  abl		erkenmameṃ
  perl		erkenmasa
  all		erkenmaś

  • erkenmaṣṣe “cemetery”

Occurrences

erkenmasa

1	THT 118 b2	ṣäñ śāmna kektseñ kweleṃ	erke(nmasa)	/// b3 – – – – – ñ
2	THT 559.1 a1	śmaśānike ste • orotsana	erkenmasa	en·· – – srukoṣäṃ ṣaläskemaa2ne
3	THT 560 a3	śana sruka tāu a3	erkenmasa	ṣalāre kenek śār aipar-ne
4	THT 560 a5	käṣṣī ānandeṃmpa ṣesa a5	erkenmasa	śem • uppāl-yokäṃ lalaṃṣkeṃ
5	THT 589 b7	/// °vaṃ	erkenmasa	॥ mcuṣkanta weskeṃ ॥
6	THT 1126 b2	/// b2 /// –	erkenmasa	kameṃ ॥ v· śa

erkenmāsa

1

THT 133 b7

ceu ; uttareṃ ;

erkenmāsa

; wayānte 30-1 omp