kercapaṃ

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Meaning:	“ass, donkey”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kercapaṃ
Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kercapo	kercapañ
voc
acc	kercapai	kercapaṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kercapo “ass, donkey” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	kercapo	kercapañ
  acc	kercapai	kercapaṃ

  • kercapiśke Name in graffito and in administrative records m

    	sg
    nom	kercapiśke
    gen	kercapiśkentse

  • kercapaññe “of a donkey”

    	sg.m
    nom	kercapaññe
    acc	kercapaññe

Occurrences

kercapaṃ

1	PK Bois B50 a2	/// (śā)a2(m)na okt •	kercapaṃ	śak ṣu(kt) ///
2	PK réserve 1517 B 3.1 a4	caumpa śāmna ia4käṃ •	kercapaṃ	trey • yakwe ṣe