kantwasa
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| Meaning: | “tongue”; “language” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | käntu |
| Lexeme variants: | kantwasa; käntwasa |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | perlative |
| 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
- käntwāśke “little tongue [diminutive]”
m
Occurrences
kantwasa
| 1 | IOL Toch 372 b4 | /// b4 /// – | kantwasa | • wärpanalyi /// b5 |
| 2 | PK AS 7C b1 | ; p(āk)r(i) (yāmo)ṣ{†ä} ; | kantwasa | : brahmasvar weksa ; |
| 3 | THT 83 a3 | kenīne lamästär-ne autsate-ne rupaśke | kantwas(a) | skāwa(tsi) /// a4 |
| 4 | THT 408 a6 | mā po yātalle śāmñe | kantwasa | weṃtsi : kuce yäknesa |
| 5 | THT 1323.a b1 | yk· postäṃ poyśi ra | kantwasa | mā yo dho tar |
käntwasa
| 1 | S 1 a3 | a3 – • satyānuvarthä | käntwasa | aiśamñesa /// a4 läktsetse |
| 2 | THT 1860 b1 | /// b1 /// (klye)wṣastā | käntwasa | mā no – – – – – – ·ṣä |
