klainaṃts

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Meaning:	“woman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kuli
Lexeme variants:	klainaṃts; klainats; klainānts; klainantsä
Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
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

klainaṃts

1	PK AS 6H a3	iś(e)lm(e)ṣṣe palskalyñe no ṣañ	klaina(ṃts)	– – /// a4 ///
2	SI P 1 b5	śtwāra ; akṣāsta •	klainaṃts	śamaśkaṃts ; karsatsi (sak)w

klainānts

1

THT 515 a2

/// k= ausoṣ eśne

klainānts

epret(a) /// a3 ///

klainantsä

1

IOL Toch 163 a4

/// ; ñäkteññana ;

klainantsä

; śāmpa pesa ///

klainats

1	IOL Toch 306 b5	staukkanatär-me śle yasar kalträ	klainats	preṃtsa ynāñm yamasträ 3
2	THT 1182 a4	k ṣpä etri :	klainats	ṣärmtsa ṣä ñ· ///
3	Tumšuq 97 a2	ok tau । saswe	klainats	mot yātka wi tau