ersna

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Meaning:	“form, shape”; “beauty”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ersna
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine_plural
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-na

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom		ersna
voc
acc		ersna
gen	ersnantse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl		ersnasa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ersna “form, shape” “beauty” fpl

  	sg	pl
  nom		ersna
  acc		ersna
  gen	ersnantse
  perl		ersnasa

  • ersnāssu “well-formed, pleasing, beautiful, handsome”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	ersnāssu	ersnāssoñc
    acc	ersnāssont
    loc		ersnāssontänne

Occurrences

ersna

1	IOL Toch 3 b7	°lm· : klyomñe aiśamñe	ersna	krenta peñīyo : po
2	IOL Toch 18 b1	– – – – /// b1 ///	(e)rsn(a)	kr(en)t(a) /// b2 ///
3	IOL Toch 132 a4	a4 °tākne ॥	ersna	krenta ; kektse(ñ)äntse ;
4	IOL Toch 193 b1	isäpe tsi – – – ///	(e)b2rsna	ṣkas yälloñ takälñe warpal(ñe)
5	IOL Toch 197 b1	/// b1 /// ṣañ	e(r)sn(a)	kwri pa° /// b2
6	IOL Toch 491 b4	takälñe • te po	ersna
7	IOL Toch 700 a1	(ṣa)a1rkästrä ṣañ	ersna	/// a2 nt· pkārsa
8	IOL Toch 998 b3	/// b3 l··o ñem	ersna	ṣkas yälloñ takälñe warpalñ·
9	Or 8212.163 b6		ersna	toṃ ; onolmeṃntsä
10	PK AS 7B a3	ñakti klyowonträ ; snai	ersna	: ṣukt pel(ai)knenta ;
11	PK AS 7M b1	peñyai (l)k(ā)ṣṣäṃ ; krākṣträ	ersna	wämpasträ (ṣ)peltse ṣäṅkwan(m)a ;
12	PK AS 17A b2	॥ nandine ॥ swaron=	ersna	; cäñcrona ; tä(ṅkwa)-yoksa
13	PK AS 17A b3	: lkālläññesa ; taññ	ersna	; späntālñe wes ;
14	PK AS 17K a6	weskem(a)ne klyauṣāte enea6nmeṃ weśeñ(ñ)a	(e)rsna	lac • tume(ṃ) b(rahmadat)t(e)
15	PK NS 19 a2	i(p)r(erne) /// a2 ///	e(r)sn(a)	(:) (wa)lo śpālmeṃ grahanmaṃts
16	PK NS 29 b1	(ṣec)k(e) (mä)sk(e)m(a)r ; m(ant-)y(o)k	ersn(a)	; – – – – b2
17	PK NS 53 a3	ersnāssu mäskelle • snai	ersna	mäskelle • camel mäksu
18	PK NS 53 a6	akwam pere ra ñe(m)	(ersna)	– – – – – – – – – b1 ttalle ra
19	PK NS 53 b5	b5 yāmu ra ñem	er(sn)a	(•) peṭāläntse koyñi ra
20	THT 74 b3	poyśintasa tañ ; yaitwa	ersna	; tapākye ra ;
21	THT 157 b1	/// dhāt • ñem	ersna	kselñeme(ṃ) • ṣaḍāyatananirodhaḥ •
22	THT 213 b2	ṣärnen= eṅkob2ṣ maṅkālänta •	ersna	lkāskeṃñ-c pä·l· /// ///
23	THT 241 b2	; semensa ; yoku-c	ersna	; snai b3 (so)ylyñe
24	THT 343 b7	b7 /// kerccäpo ausū	ers(na)	///
25	THT 365 b6	ṣp ñäskemar tañ ;	e(rsna)	lkāts(i) (2) b7 mäkte
26	THT 382 b5	poyśi /// b5 ///	ersna	toṃ : – – (kat)k(au)ññaisa
27	THT 426 b2	/// b2 /// ts(a)na	ersna	myāskamai • wlo ///
28	THT 518 a4	/// a4 /// mṣāssai	ersna	palkäṃ : ku·ā ///
29	THT 569 a2	p·· – saṃ ñ(e)m	ersna	ṣpä a3 /// ·y·
30	THT 611 b6	b6 /// ṣets krent=	ersna	/// b7 /// –
31	THT 615 b2	/// b2 /// ṣṣäṃ	ersna	päst /// b3 ///
32	THT 1197 a3	– ntā kne ॥	ersna	/// a4 /// nto
33	THT 1203.d a2	a2 ru wa po	ersna	: mä – ///
34	THT 1450.d b2	b2 /// rt·i täñ	ersna	we śai – ///
35	THT 1550 a5	ñyāṣ rmamñe : lānte	ersna	lk· /// a6 ///