klīye

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Meaning:	“woman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kuli
Lexeme variants:	klīye; klyīye; klyiye
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-iye
Obl. sg. (masc.):	IRR
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-na

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	klīye	klaina
voc
acc	klai, klaiṃ	klaina
gen	klaintse	klainaṃts
loc	klaine
comit		klainampa
inst
abl		klainameṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• klīye “woman” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	klīye	klaina
  acc	klai, klaiṃ	klaina
  gen	klaintse	klainaṃts
  loc	klaine
  comit		klainampa
  abl		klainameṃ

  • klaiññe “pertaining to a woman, female”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	klaiññe	klaiyna
    acc	klaiññe

Occurrences

klīye

1	IOL Toch 282 a2	/// a2 /// –	klīye	weṣṣäṃ so(y)śk(a) /// a3
2	THT 9 b4	7σ b4 ;	klīye	rano ; treṅksate ;
3	THT 25 b2	prītar /// /// neś	klīye	sāu – – – p(e)tso pudñä(ktentse)

klyiye

1	PK AS 3B b6	°ne astare nanāṣṣusa	klyiye	tkācer wāltsoy se curṇ
2	THT 25 a6	enepre : palska sāu	klyi(ye)	; /// a7
3	THT 239 b7	/// aunw arañce 10-4	kl(y)iye	·e ///
4	THT 325 a1	a1 stämäṣñene duṣkär ॥	klyiye	ṣamānentse asāṃ nātkaṃ āmapi
5	THT 325 a2	rne kācer keñintane lāmaṃne	klyiye	trāppaṃ ṣamānentsa śār kl·
6	THT 325 b1	/// b1 mäsketär ॥	klyiye	wat ceyna ok
7	THT 329 a1	/// ṣamāne ste ñorameṃ	klyiye	tākaṃ a2 /// (anupa)saṃpanne
8	THT 330 a2	ṣamāne ytāri mā aiśtär	klyiye	ytāri ṣärpṣūkiññesa yaṃ-ne anāpatti
9	THT 400 a2	tattari piś känte cmelane	klyiye	ta(kāwa) a3 ॥ k(e)śikne
10	THT 1245 a3	ñäkcya /// a3 ///	klyiye	ṣai y·ä ṣ·a ///
11	THT 1544.b b3	b3 /// – śāmña	klyiye	ā /// b4 ///

klyīye

1

THT 420 a4

/// m· eṅwe

klyīye

kos tw e ///