kauntsa
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| Meaning: | “sun”; “day” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | koṃ |
| Lexeme variants: | kauntsa; kaunts= |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | perlative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | P-i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | kauṃ | kauñī | |
| voc | |||
| acc | kauṃ | kaunäṃ | |
| gen | kaunantse | kaunaṃts | |
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | kauntsa | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- kauṃ “sun”
“day”
m
- kauṃ-kauṃ “day by day”
- kaumtak “today”
- kaunaṣṣe “pertaining to day”
sg.m nom kaunaṣṣe acc kaunaṣṣe gen kaunaṣṣepi - iṅkauṃ “by day”
Occurrences
kaunts=
| 1 | THT 45 b7 | ; kätkrone ; =piṅkte | kaunts= | osonträ : /// /// |
kauntsa
| 1 | IOL Toch 899 b4 | /// – tti kercyeṃne | kauntsa | wat b5 /// – |
| 2 | THT 16 a2 | ; tärkarmeṃ 20 ṣuk | kauntsa | po ; /// 21σ |
| 3 | THT 25 b4 | /// /// śi ente | kauntsa | – – – – sno y·ausa ṣeyo |
| 4 | THT 337 b5 | klyauṣa nāksate • śśa= | kauntsa | ṣamāneṃtse olyapotsa pātro eṅka(lya) |
| 5 | W 32 b5 | mi – – – lyinālya ṣ(u)k | kauntsa | ewe /// b6 /// |
| 6 | W 42 a6 | – – ne ta(ṣṣa)lya kante | kauntsa | • (su) aise – |
