lwāsa

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Meaning:	“animal”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lu
Lexeme variants:	lwāsa; lwasā; lwāsā; lwasa
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-a
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-āsa

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	luwo	lwāsa
voc
acc	luwa	lwāsa
gen		luwonts, lwāsaṃts
loc		lwāsane
comit		lwāsampa
inst
abl		lwāsameṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• luwo “animal” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	luwo	lwāsa
  acc	luwa	lwāsa
  gen		luwonts, lwāsaṃts
  loc		lwāsane
  comit		lwāsampa
  abl		lwāsameṃ

  • lwāññe “pertaining to animals”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	lwāññe
    acc	lwāññe	lwāññai

  • lwasāṣṣe “pertaining to animals”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	lwasāṣṣe
    acc	lwasāṣṣe	lwasāṣṣai

Occurrences

lwasa

1	IOL Toch 144 a1	nemcek paskentär-c ; nrai	lwas(a)	/// 4σ a2 6σ
2	THT 1203.a b3	ṅkä /// b3 ///	lwasa	– ///
3	THT 1237 a3	me ·au kaṃ trai	lwasa	pre /// a4 ///
4	THT 1309 b7	b7 /// lmormeṃ cai	lwasa	/// b8 /// lyy·

lwāsa

1	IOL Toch 4 b5	rūpanma sätkasamai taisa nrai	lwāsa	preteṣṣana • mäkte ṣañ
2	IOL Toch 66 a2	/// (la)kl(e) muska •	lwāsa	ālyauce śwātsi – ///
3	IOL Toch 195 a6	a6 yerkwantalañ mewīyañ alloṅtä	lwāsa	św·° /// b1 °ṅkanträ
4	IOL Toch 212 a2	/// – ṣke ra	lwāsa	poyśiṃ lkātsi kälpā° ///
5	IOL Toch 235 b2	– /// b2 ///	lw(ā)sa	• preti • śtwāra
6	IOL Toch 570 a1	a1 /// – nrai	lwāsa	prete /// a2 ///
7	Kizil WD-IV-1 a10	: tanmäṣṣäṃ nraine ;	lw(ā)s(a)	pr(e)tenne ; ñäkcye śām(ñ)e
8	PK AS 13I b3	b3 /// kauc prutknātär	lwāsa	māka yokan-me rramt pa
9	PK AS 16.8 a1	·y· – – – – – – – w(e)skeṃ t{au→oṃ}	lwāsa	kauc steya /// a2
10	PK AS 17A b5	yenme ; emparkre nrai	lwāsa	śle ; prete(nne) ;
11	PK AS 17H b3	; krentäṃts aikri mäskeṃtär	lwāsa	nemce ce ykene ;
12	PK AS 19.19.X b3	lkāṃträ : somona no	lwā(sa)	/// b4 – – – – – trä
13	PK AS 19.21 a5	a5 k(us)e omte onolmi	lwāsa	cenäṃ lkāṣṣäṃ ॥ ñake
14	THT 3 a8	lt(w)eṣ ; (p)iṅc= āntsemeṃ	l(w)ā(sa)	b1 90-2 mā
15	THT 3 b1	śwoṃ (ā)lyauce okonta ;	lwāsa	– – 2σ (ce)w preke
16	THT 11 b4	; wināññenträ ; omp	lwāsa	; lakṣäṃ warñai :
17	THT 11 b5	7σ /// (kleśa)b5nmaṣṣi ;	lwāsa	cwi ; maim pälskone
18	THT 24 b2	śuke /// /// ·e	lwāsa	pre /// /// ;
19	THT 25 a3	oko ā – – – – (:)	(lwā)sa	pretsṃne yśāmna /// a4
20	THT 29 b8	/// b8 /// kowän	lwāsa	ṣlyamñana ynamñana nau ///
21	THT 42 b2	cmelan= alloṅna : nrai	lwāsa	pretenne ; snai keś
22	THT 44 a2	śerwe śak kauṃ ;	lwāsa	kautsi nauṣ ; mā
23	THT 44 a3	snai ṣaṃṣl auntsate ;	lwāsa	kautsi su ; artsa
24	THT 44 a5	/// /// räṃ ;	lwāsa	kauṣäṃ ñke ; wartone
25	THT 76 b3	no ; lkānträ tañ	lw(āsa)	; /// 15σ b4
26	THT 89 a2	; po kälymintsa ;	lwāsa	ñi ; lestai yāmwa
27	THT 192 b4	lykaśke rup ste samuttarne	lwāsa	skente • yaltse kwärsarwa
28	THT 518 b2	/// b2 /// wa	lwāsa	ṣñār wṣeññ· /// b3
29	THT 522 b2	oko m= āñme nrai	lwāsa	pr(e) t· /// (mi)b3yaṣṣeñca
30	THT 574 b6	krentaunaṃ b6 /// ṣṣitär	lwāsa	rṣākeṃ ra mai(ma)ntsana klyau
31	THT 575 a2	a2 kalymi : enäṣṣitär	lwāsa	su ; aksaṣṣime pel·
32	THT 575 b4	aknātsaññe tsaṅkanme tot lykaśkana	lwāsa	b5 ne cmelñe mäsketär-me
33	THT 575 b7	käññe rupsa bram-ñäkte toṃ	lwāsa	enäskemane waṣamñesa
34	THT 578 a4	a4 /// käskeṃ •	lwāsa	po /// a5 ///
35	THT 589 a6	ploryaṃ tne ; pīyaṃ	lwāsa	; ka° – – :
36	THT 590 b4	/// b4 – – – – spelkkesa	lwāsa	walke rītantär keścī lal(ā)loṣ
37	THT 1185 b1	·e /// b1 ///	lwāsa	ti – /// b2
38	THT 1205.m b2	/// b2 /// cai	lwāsa	·re te ne – –
39	THT 1254 b1	/// b1 /// –	lwāsa	– ·s· tsä –
40	THT 1268 b4	/// b4 /// –	lwāsa	kau so ·e ·e
41	THT 1349.g a2	• /// a2 ///	lwāsa	pretenne /// a3 ///
42	THT 1540.a b1	b1 /// ṣṣ· täñ	lwāsa	ṣe mwe sṣe ///
43	THT 1573.i b3	b3 /// mä nauṣ	lwāsa	s· /// b4 ///
44	THT 1573.j b5	b5 /// ṣṣ· trä	lwāsa	ceṃ : /// b6
45	THT 1622.b a2	/// ṣnā lṣe ntsa	lwāsa	śā /// a3 ///
46	THT 2276 b2	/// b2 /// nrai	lwāsa	/// b3 /// lskomeṃ
47	THT 3597 b6	śār maiytartsa : keścyeṃ	l(wāsa)	; 14σ /// b7

lwasā

1	THT 588 a4	ka ṣäp ; wärñi	lwasā	=neṅkā cäñcre yamäskeṃ wektse
2	THT 1573.j b6	b6 /// yäṣṣe ñca	lwasā	nt· ///

lwāsā

1	THT 136 b4	b4 /// yśāmna wat	lwāsā	b5 /// ·ṣpä eṅkärstātte
2	THT 573 a2	a2 /// wce misāśañ	lwāsā	pretenne no /// a3