kantwa

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Meaning:	“tongue”; “language”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	käntu
Lexeme variants:	kantwa; käntwa

Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-a

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kantwo
voc
acc	kantwa
gen
loc	kantwane
comit
inst
abl
perl	kantwasa	kantwaṃtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

kantwo “tongue” “language” m

sg pl

nom kantwo

acc kantwa

loc kantwane

perl kantwasa kantwaṃtsa
- käntwāśke “little tongue [diminutive]” m
  
  sg
  
  nom käntwāśke
  
  acc käntwāśke
  
  perl käntwāśkesa
- käntwāṣṣe “pertaining to the tongue”
  
  sg.m pl.f
  
  nom käntwāṣṣe käntwāṣṣana
  
  acc käntwāṣṣe käntwāṣṣana

Occurrences

kantwa

1	IOL Toch 305 a1	arañc ñuskaṣṣäṃ staukkäṣṣäṃ •	kantwa	eṅkastär auloṃ prutkäṣṣäṃ •
2	PK AS 7K a4	eśne melentsa ; klautsne	kantwa	kekts(e)nts(a) • 30-4 ṣäṅkwanma
3	THT 16 b6	(entseṣṣeṃts) (rsercentse) ; (palsko)	(kantwa)	; (prāmässiś) (:) (ṣe)
4	THT 18 a3	a3 palsko	kantwa	; prāmässiś • ṣe
5	THT 69 b4	/// b4 mātri ṣañ	kantwa	– ·k· /// (lac)
6	THT 73 a2	/// 23σ /// ly(e)lykormeṃ	kantwa	; snai sklok mäskeṃträ
7	THT 249.b b2	/// b2 /// ·	k(a)ntwa	ārtoymar k_use mā we

käntwa

1

; ṣṣertwentsā ; cowai

; b4 tärkänaṃ ma