kantwane

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Meaning:	“tongue”; “language”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	käntu
Lexeme variants:	kantwane; käntwane
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
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

käntwane

1

THT 255 a5

; wäse pärnnä ;

käntwane

se timia6rä ; śaiṣṣentse