klai

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Meaning:	“woman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kuli
Lexeme variants:	klai
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
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

klai

1	Kizil WD-I-a5 a1	ṣarw(ai) klāte 1 nono	kl(ai)	///
2	Kizil WD-I-a17 a1	ṣ(ar)w(ai) (k)l(ā)t(e) – (nano)	(k)l(ai)	·r· (ta)ñ(ai) (k)l(ā)t(e) –
3	PK AS 8A b6	॥ 3 ārtärne päknāträ	klai	ekalmī yāmtsi naine ysissi
4	PK AS 8A b7	punarwasune päknāträ e{ṅ}kweṃ	klai	wat no ekalmī yāmtsi
5	PK Bois A30 a2	/// a2 /// –	klai	– śśi ///
6	THT 138 a4	ṣäp ṣäñ śamnā säsuwa	klai	/// a5 /// pruksemane
7	THT 358.c b3	/// – lai •	k(l)ai	///
8	THT 511 b4	ṣarpi ॥ ni(śā)care nakulempa	klai	ywarwecce : tetekor – –
9	THT 570 a4	– kunantse tw· – –	klai	lkā /// b1 ///
10	THT 1283 a7	– ntsenmeṃ ketra eṅwā	klai	/// b1 /// –
11	THT 1321 a4	– auntsa te räskre	klai	/// a5 tāy papaikar
12	THT 1341 b4	ṣṣall emalya kaṃmpa :	klai	– /// b5 tsa
13	THT 1540.b b2	– kne we – –	klai	– /// b3 ///
14	THT 1563.h b1	/// b1 /// ·us·	klai	tkā ·rä /// b2
15	THT 1663 b2	b2 ṣṣäṃ eṅkweṃ wat	klai	– – ·c· – ///
16	THT 2373.c b1	/// b1 /// n·	klai	nä /// b2 ///
17	THT 2612 b3	/// b3 /// ·tsä	klai	///
18	THT 3861.b a1	a1 /// –	klai	nä /// a2 ///