keṃne

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Meaning:	“earth, ground”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tkaṃ
Lexeme variants:	keṃne; kenne
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	keṃ
voc
acc	keṃ
gen		keṃntso
loc	keṃne
comit
inst
abl	kenameṃ
perl	kentsa
all	kenäśc
caus

Lexeme family

• keṃ “earth, ground” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	keṃ
  acc	keṃ
  gen		keṃntso
  loc	keṃne
  abl	kenameṃ
  perl	kentsa
  all	kenäśc

  • kenaṣṣe “pertaining to the earth, the groud”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	kenaṣṣe	kenaṣṣi	kenaṣṣana
    acc	kenaṣṣe		kenaṣṣana

  • kenätstse “earthly, terrestrial”

    	sg.m
    nom	kenätstse

Occurrences

keṃne

1	THT 88 a3	tatrāppaa3rmeṃ rūpsa klāya {m→p}ärsā{n→t}e	ke{ṃ}ne	mrakwe yopsa-ne ॥ tane
2	THT 577 b3	/// b3 ke or	keṃne	saṅkrām ste cwi saṅkra

kenne

1	IOL Toch 178 b2	/// – – kaṃ mäktonaka	kenne	yopar – – – – k· m·
2	IOL Toch 1243 a1	/// (ke)te witsäko	k(enne)	/// a2 ///
3	PK AS 19.3 b2	t(ot) – – – – ṅk pälkausai	kenn(e)	/// b3 mau – –
4	SI B 117 b3	nāsti • kete witsako	kenne	mā nesäṃ • parṇ(ā)
5	THT 388 a2	; asāṃ spe ;	kenne	witskaṃ mäkci ka ;
6	THT 630 a2	a2 /// – ·yapim	kenne	snai – /// a3
7	THT 1859 a1	a1 /// –	kenne	yäpäṃ wärnne ramtä (wai)kaṃ