kemesa

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Meaning:	“tooth”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kam
Lexeme variants:	kemesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	keme	kemi
voc
acc	keme
gen		kemeṃts
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	kemesa	kementsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• keme “tooth” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	keme	kemi
  acc	keme
  gen		kemeṃts
  perl	kemesa	kementsa

  • kemeṣṣe “pertaining to the tooth”

    	sg.m
    nom	kemeṣṣe
    acc	kemeṣṣe
    gen	kemeṣṣepi

Occurrences

kemesa

1	Kizil WD-I-a2 a1	(wac)e (ikä)ṃ-o(kn)e (m)i(k)i(s)ā(n)e o(rocc)e	(k)e(m)e(sa)	(a)·(a)ṃ(tañ)·ai (ṣarwai) (klāt)e (1)
2	Kizil WD-I-a2 a1	(tr)i(c)e (tr)ai(yn)e (m)i(k)i(s)ā(n)e o(r)o(cc)e	(k)e(m)e(sa)	(ar)i(wa)ṃ(tañ)ai (ṣ)ār(w)ai (kl)ā(t)e 1
3	Kizil WD-I-a4 a1	kapyāres ṣarwaiṃ lateṃ oroce	kemesa	awaṃntaña 1 ariwantaña oroce
4	Kizil WD-I-a4 a1	awaṃntaña 1 ariwantaña oroce	kemesa	1 asaṃntaña orocce kemesa
5	Kizil WD-I-a4 a1	kemesa 1 asaṃntaña orocce	kemesa	1 klaiṃ śrontaña sana
6	Kizil WD-I-a4 b1	kapyāri ṣārwai śawāre orocce	kemesa	ariwaṃntañai 1
7	Kizil WD-I-a9 a1	(a)·(a)ṃ (ta) (ñ)ai o(r)o(c)e	(k)emesa	1 nono oroce kemesa
8	Kizil WD-I-a9 a1	(k)emesa 1 nono oroce	kemesa	awaṃntañai 1 sāṅk śāwa
9	Kizil WD-I-a10 a1	mikīsāne ṣārwai klāte orocce	kemesa	asaṃntañai 1 । ñuñce
10	Kizil WD-I-a10 a1	mikisāne ṣārwai klāte orocce	keme(sa)	///
11	Kizil WD-I-a11 a1	a1 /// (klāt)e (o)r(o)cc(e)	(kemesa)	awa(m)ntañai 1 । ñuñce
12	Kizil WD-I-a11 b1	··eṃntse ṣārwai wsāwa orocce	(kemesa)	///
13	Kizil WD-I-a12 a1	a1 oroce	kemesa	assaṃntañai 1 । ñuñce
14	Kizil WD-I-a12 a1	wrānti ṣārwai wsāwa oroce	kemesa	assaṃntañai 1 । ñuñce
15	Kizil WD-I-a13 a1	a1 /// (oro)c(c)e	k(e)mesa	awaṃntañai 1 sāṅk śāwa
16	Kizil WD-I-a17 a1	– – (ṣarwai) (k)l(āte) or(o)c(e)	k(e)m(e)s(a)	a – (·)t· ñ(ai)
17	Kizil Wood 2 a1	a1 /// (oro)c(c)e	k(e)mesa	awaṃtañai 1 sāṅk śāwa
18	Kizil Wood 6 a1	mikīsāne ṣārwai klāte orocce	kemesa	asaṃntañai 1 । ñuñce
19	Kizil Wood 6 a1	mikisāne ṣārwai klāte orocce	keme(sa)	///
20	SI 1877 a11	kapyāri śrāy klaiyna orocce	kemesa	asaṃntse ṣañ ṣārwai śśa-
21	SI 5873 a3	keś a3 uwāṣṣi oroce	kemesa	āuw wāya sanai ariweṃ
22	SI 5873 a5	wāya /// a5 (orocce)	(keme)sa	śle yari tep kwāṃntse
23	SI 5873 a7	rapaṣṣe /// a7 (orocce)	(ke)mesa	āuw sruka sana cauṣi
24	SI 5873 a11	tarya sanai ās oroce	kemesa	ṣe āl wästa-pku ///
25	SI 5875 a5	wi oro- a5 cce	kemesa	awi 2 sana wästa-pk(u)sa