leki

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Meaning:	“bed, resting place”; “rest”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lake
Lexeme variants:	leki; llekki
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	leki
voc
acc	leki
gen
loc	lekine
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

llekki

1

IOL Toch 234 a5

a5 /// – kete

llekki

eśänene ya – ///

leki

1	IOL Toch 167 a6	– ṣṣälyi cai kete	leki	ek·e y· pä ṣä
2	IOL Toch 207 a7	kärtse-ritañ /// a7 ///	leki	sāṃtkesa : – ///
3	IOL Toch 794 a3	/// a3 /// saṅkik	leki	/// a4 /// –
4	IOL Toch 864 b1	/// b1 ///	lek(i)	w(a)t() /// b2 ///
5	SI B 121(2) b3	nraintse källālñe mā añma-pos(tä)ṃ	le(ki)	/// b4 /// källālñe
6	THT 37 a5	·· pālau /// a5	leki	sātke wastsi – ·r·
7	THT 50 b3	nta ; śwātsi yoktsi	leki	sāṃtke : ostw= aiwen(ta)
8	THT 564 b5	॥ /// b5 ssi	leki	sāṃtkesa /// b6 śatenän
9	THT 588 b1	/// s· aṣanīkeṃts 1	leki	saṃtke wästsänma ; wsāwa
10	THT 1109 a5	– – – – a5	leki	sātkesa warñai tekine ṅke