leke

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Meaning:	“bed, resting place”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lak
Lexeme variants:	leke
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	leke
voc
acc	leke	lekeṃ
gen
loc		lekenne
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lyäk-
  • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv
    • †lyake “alleged meaning obstacle” m

      	sg
      nom	lyake
      acc	lyake

    • leki “bed, resting place” “rest” msg

      	sg
      nom	leki
      acc	leki
      loc	lekine

    • leke “bed, resting place” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	leke
      acc	leke	lekeṃ
      loc		lekenne

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.prs/subj2

      	sg.act
      3	lyaśäṃ

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.prs2

      	pl.act
      3	lyakeṃ

      • lykemāne “lying (down)” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne
        acc	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne	lykemāne

    • lyäk- “to lie (down)” gv.subj2

      	sg.act
      1	lyakau
      3	lyaśi

Occurrences

leke

1	IOL Toch 30 a1	• s(e)kw(e) • yasar	leke	nt(a) /// a2 ///
2	IOL Toch 39 a3	(śayanāsana)m • akäṃñc ṣäp	leke	asān • a(dhicitte) ///