kantwo

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Meaning:	“tongue”; “language”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	käntu
Lexeme variants:	kantwo; käṃntwo; käṃtwo; kaṃtwo
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
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

käṃtwo

1

THT 118 b7

satāṣṣäṃ • ārkwi mäsketär-ne

käṃtwo

epe wat no ///

käṃntwo

1

THT 205 a4

; kälpau taka ;

käṃntwo

ñī pernerñempa ; śpalmeṃñce

kantwo

1	IOL Toch 491 a1	a1 /// °ne •	kantwo	• kektseñe • palsko
2	THT 3 b4	; atyaṃts ab4(k)entasa :	(kantwo)	(=rṣ)āklaṃts ramt klautso ramt
3	THT 69 b3	/// b3 ke mā	kantwo	/// b4 mātri ṣañ
4	THT 88 a1	a1	k(a)ntwo	koynameṃ parna lnaṣṣi-ne ॥
5	THT 244 b1	ne kaun ra wāloyc{†ä}	kantwo	sä /// b2 akṣalñe
6	THT 527 a5	/// mänt(rā)k(k)a klautso meli	ka(ntwo)	kektseñe palsko • abhij·e
7	THT 2237 a3	/// k· rnt ārentse	kantwo	prutkātär – /// a4

kaṃtwo

1	IOL Toch 721 b2	– ri • kuse	kaṃtwo	/// b3 /// °r·aly(ñ)e
2	THT 406 a6	/// pwārasa ; salpeṃ	kaṃtwo	ṣekaṃñe • mā aiśai