karuṃtsa

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Meaning:	“compassion, pity”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kāruṃ
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. karuṇā-
Lexeme variants:	karuṃtsa; karuṇsa; karuntsa; karuṇntsa; karūntsa; karūṃtsa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	karuṃ
voc
acc	karuṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	karuṃtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• karuṃ “compassion, pity” msg

  	sg
  nom	karuṃ
  acc	karuṃ
  perl	karuṃtsa

  • karuṇäṣṣe “pertaining to compassion, pity”

    	sg.m
    nom	karuṇäṣṣe
    acc	karuṇäṣṣe

Occurrences

karuṇntsa

1

THT 214 a4

: aiyttaṅka po ;

karuṇntsa

ka ; wesäñ a5

karūntsa

1	IOL Toch 93 a1	/// (a)naiśai sañanma :	k(a)rūntsa	no /// a2 ///
2	THT 239 b6	kektseñmeṃ : stiyai sokne	karūnt(sa)	mäkte ma /// b7
3	THT 402 a3	a3 /// snätku wrocce	karūntsa	yait wartä /// a4
4	THT 2382.e a1	a1 /// ·s·	karūntsa	lkā-ne mp· /// a2

karuntsa

1	PK AS 4B b2	snätku ramt ; ṣek	karuntsa	: (piś) (cmela)ṣṣ(eṃ)ts ;
2	THT 5 a5	60-7 wñā-neś (po)a5yśi ;	karuntsa	; mā tañ ñyātstse
3	THT 7 a1	1σ a1	karuntsa	: kwry a – – –
4	THT 72 a2	/// pluṣteṃ lare yok	karuntsa	ṣpä k· /// a3
5	THT 223.a a4	/// – dhat yāmoṣ	karuntsa	/// a5 /// rena
6	THT 241 b2	– t yāmoṣ ;	karuntsa	: tot yam-c ñakta
7	THT 2386.i a2	re l· ·n· twe	karuntsa	: śtwāra e ///
8	THT 3597 b8	: stiyais= oktne ;	karuntsa	; mäkte mästā ;

karūṃtsa

1

IOL Toch 88 a8

/// ·ā saṃ :

karūṃtsa

eṅkä(l) /// b1 ///

karuṃtsa

1

THT 3597 b4

ceṃ cālate tu lyakāsta

ka(r)u(ṃ)ts(a)

naitta-c päls(k)o : b5

karuṇsa

1

THT 587.a b6

b6 /// tumeṃ pudñäkte

karuṇsa

wrocce säsuw(a) /// b7