kwīpe

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Meaning:	“shame”; “modesty”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kip
Lexeme variants:	kwīpe; kwipe; kwip=
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kwīpe
voc
acc	kwīpe
gen
loc	kwīpene
comit	kwīpempa
inst
abl
perl	kwīpesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kwīpe “shame” “modesty” msg

  	sg
  nom	kwīpe
  acc	kwīpe
  loc	kwīpene
  comit	kwīpempa
  perl	kwīpesa

  • oṅkipṣe “without shame, shameless”

    	sg.m
    nom	oṅkipṣe
    voc	oṅkipṣu
    acc	oṅkipṣe

  • kwipeññ-
    • kwipeññ- “to be ashamed” gv
      • kwipeññ- “to be ashamed” gv.prs12

        	sg.mid	pl.mid
        2	kwipentar
        3	kwipentär	kwipeññentär

      • kwipeññ- “to be ashamed” gv.pret5

        	sg.mid
        3	kwipeññate

  • kwipassu “modest”

    	sg.m
    nom	kwipassu

Occurrences

kwip=

1

PK AS 7O b6

/// b6 ///

kwip=

empreṃtsñentse : ost kälyamñentse

kwipe

1	IOL Toch 466 b2	/// b2 /// (ya)se	kwipe	alyeṅ(käṃts) /// b3 ///
2	Kz-211-ZS-R-03 a1	saṃ ñi pälsko mäkte	kwipe	nesäṃñc mā : ¤
3	PK NS 18 b4	/// (nā)ki pal(sk)al(ñ)e(ṣṣ)e (pa)k(w)āre	k(w)ip(e)	– – – s· – s·re
4	PK NS 28 b4	; eñcīmar ; ya(se)	(kwipe)	(śīlne) (ausu) ; (laukañe)
5	THT 255 b7	; ālyinträ ; ñyātse	kwipe	; rmantär mai piś
6	THT 334 a4	ṣamānentse yśelmi pälskone tsaa4ṅkaṃ	kwipe	īke keuwco kalltärr-ne tu
7	THT 334 a8	ṣamānea8ntse yśelmi pälskone tsaṅkaṃ	kwipe	īke keuwco kalltärr-ne t(u)
8	THT 334 b3	ṣamānentse yśel(mi) (pä)b3lskone tsaṅkaṃ	kwipe	īke keuwco kalltärr-ne tu
9	THT 334 b7	ṣamāneṃntse yśeb7lmi pälskone tsaṅkaṃ	kwipe	īke keuwco kalltärr-ne mälyuwiñcä
10	THT 1173 a2	– ·käl tsäṅkoṣ tāy	kwipe	/// a3 /// ṣarsa
11	THT 1859 b2	/// b2 /// ·n·	kwipe	ausa snai parnn= āyāttaite

kwīpe

1	IOL Toch 5 a2	; smāntsa ñiś ;	kwīpe	tākoy 10 saswa poyśi
2	IOL Toch 111 a4	/// – kā wasa	kwīpe	/// b1 /// –
3	IOL Toch 214 b8	/// ; 2σ ś·	kwīpe	4 karūnäṣṣa ; mācer
4	IOL Toch 307 b5	; eñcīmar ; yase	kwīpe	: śīlne ausu ;
5	IOL Toch 653 a2	/// a2 /// –	kwīpe	/// a3 /// –
6	IOL Toch 733 b4	/// b4 /// ·esa	kwīpe	/// b5 /// l()e
7	PK AS 4A a1	; eñc(īma)r ; yase	kwīpe	(:) śīlne aukṣu ;
8	THT 74 a2	/// °sta ; yase	kwīpe	; alyeṅkäṃts ompalskoñesa ;
9	THT 81 a3	·anoyt(ä)r päst ; mā	kwīa4pe	rmoytär : su {k→t}e
10	THT 123 a1	a1 yase	kwīpe	māka melyeṃ o ///
11	THT 306 a1	hrīniṣevi hi puruṣa :	kwīpe	lāre yamaṣṣeñca /// a2