kenaṣṣe

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Meaning:	“pertaining to the earth, the groud”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tkaṃṣi
Lexeme variants:	kenaṣṣe; kenäṣṣe
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	kenaṣṣe		kenaṣṣi	kenaṣṣana
voc
acc	kenaṣṣe			kenaṣṣana
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
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

kenäṣṣe

1

THT 339 b3

/// na ṣai ṣpet

kenäṣṣe

īke sū /// b4

kenaṣṣe

1	IOL Toch 138 and 184 b2	kektseṃne (ś)twāra mahābhūtänta skente	kenaṣṣe	mahābhūt b3 /// ku(s)e
2	IOL Toch 158 b4	(pw)ārṣṣe dhātumpa pätrīwa-ne •	kenaṣṣe	• b5 /// (w)r(a)ṣṣe
3	THT 41 a3	; kektseñe ; tāu	kenaṣṣe	; satāṣlñe : naiṣyandik
4	THT 526.a b2	/// b2 /// ceu	kenaṣṣe	aretsa /// b3 ///
5	THT 1200 a5	/// a5 /// –	kenaṣṣe	śūke – /// a6