lykaśke

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Meaning:	“small, little, fine”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	lykäly
Lexeme variants:	lykaśke; lykiśke; lyäkaśke; lykäśke
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	lykaśke
voc
acc	lykaśkeṃ		lykaśkaṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• lykaśke “small, little, fine”

  	sg.m	pl.m
  nom	lykaśke
  acc	lykaśkeṃ	lykaśkaṃ

  • lykaśkäññe “fineness”

    	sg
    nom	lykaśkäññe
    acc	lykaśkäññe

Occurrences

lyäkaśke

1

IOL Toch 568.a a3

aśā° /// a3 ///

lyäkaś(k)e

: aś(y)ai spärko(ṣäṃ)ts l·

lykiśke

1

THT 192 b3

piś pakenta ste aśāwe

lykiśke

rūp ṣali stāna sumer-ṣalesa

lykäśke

1	IOL Toch 234 a2	/// a2 /// –	lykäśke	mītsa yuwalyi /// a3
2	IOL Toch 234 a4	– /// a4 ///	l(yk)äśke	tsopälona mītsa yuwal(y)e ///
3	THT 117 a6	alyekepi /// a6 kośa	lykäśke	pälsko waikesse 1 ṣe
4	THT 1399.c a3	a3 /// ·ā cceṃ	lykäśke	ke /// a4 ///
5	THT 2377.l a1	a1 ///	lykäśke	/// a2 /// ॥
6	THT 3597 a8	; po śārsa ;	lykä(śke)	(trekte) b1 /// (ṣā)rtate-c

lykaśke

1	HWB 74(1) a2	po meñā kapyāres śwasiṣṣe	lykaśke	śātre tāka cakaṃnma śak
2	HWB 74(1) a2	po meñ kapyāres śwasiṣṣe	lykaśke	śātre tāka cakaṃnma śak
3	HWB 74(2) a2	po meñ kapyār(es) (śwa)siṣṣe	lykaśke	śātre tāka śeśusa cakaṃnma
4	IOL Toch 85 b3	b3 /// yärm wnolmeṃts	lykaśke	trekte kärsnaṃ /// b4
5	IOL Toch 187 b2	°n kwäñcit ya(r)m() āsta	lykaśke	yamaṣatai • saim-wästa kuce
6	IOL Toch 214 a7	ṣarne paine meleṃ klautsne	lykaśke	kärstā-c kektseño – ///
7	IOL Toch 307 b2	ṣek ñīś tākoym :	lykaśke	rano ; to(tka) b3
8	IOL Toch 719 a2	/// a2 /// °ñä	lykaśke	were – /// a3
9	PK AS 2A b4	sintāp salyiye yamaṣlya curm	lykaśke	: klab5wwanalle traiwoṣṣe (warsa)
10	PK AS 3A a1	sātke ॥ läksañana misa	lykaśke	a2 kekarśwa tsatsāpauwa ampoññaṃtse
11	PK AS 3B a5	a5 śabaralodrä •	lykaśke	tsatsāpar yasarsa saitsi •
12	PK AS 4A b1	mīsa po ; karsnaṃ	lykaśke	: tsirauwñeṣṣe ; kauṣn
13	PK AS 8A b4	kertik näkṣātärne yäkweñña kolyi	lykaśke	wawāltsausa • kercapaññe yasarsa
14	PK AS 16.7 b2	– /// b2 ///	(lyka)śke	kärśi-ñ ra kektseñ śāmane
15	PK NS 27 a2	mī(sa) (po) ; (karsnaṃ)	(lykaśke)	(t)s(i)rauñeṣṣe ; kauṣn= āya
16	PK NS 30 b6	/// c(a)rka rilleṣṣe āsträ	lykaśke	swese tärkä(namane) /// b7
17	PK NS 49A a3	a3 l·a – – ·y·kormeṃ	lykaśke	po kau /// a4
18	PK NS 158 b4	: karuṃ /// b4	lykaśke	po kārsaṃ ci śa
19	PK NS 355 b1	/// – – – ṣṣ(e) ś(astärsa)	lyk(a)śk(e)	/// b2 /// ṣamäṃ
20	SI P 2 a6	(•) (twe) (dharma)jhñe ;	lykaśke	trekte ; po kärsauca
21	THT 16 b8	: cewsa kärsnāträ ;	lykaśke	(tn)e ṣa(ñ) (añm) ;
22	THT 18 a5	: cewsa kärsnātär ;	(lyk)a(śk)e	ṣa° /// 14σ ///
23	THT 22 b4	eñcwañña ; waltsanoy-n= ās;ta	lykaśke	: b5
24	THT 22 b5	waiptār āśce ; po	lykaśke	{:} kmeṃb6-ne lkā(tsiśco) ;
25	THT 22 b8	/// 6σ b8	ly(kaśk)e	(wā)l(tsa) (ñi) ; ///
26	THT 42 a6	; śem arṣāklaiścä :	lykaśke	kektseñ tāyä ; karst=
27	THT 85 b1	(ṣṣe) ; (śas)tärsa ;	lykaśke	tāksoym ; śaiṣṣ(e)ntse ;
28	THT 192 b4	rub4p{†ä} ste ṣe paramānu	lykaśke	rup ste samuttarne lwāsa
29	THT 220 b4	waltsa= ; ñy āsta	lykaśke	po ; wnolmi •
30	THT 223.b b2	b2 /// ·m·r wat	lykaśke	ā(sta) /// b3 ///
31	THT 231 a5	; päkṣiyeñ-c ; āsta	lykaśke	; kautanoñ-c • yetse
32	THT 239 a4	aiśamñe ci po śārsa	lykaśke	trekte /// a5 ///
33	THT 575 b4	; puttaṅkeṃ /// ///	lykaśke	aknātsaññe tsaṅkanme tot lykaśkana
34	THT 1262 b1	b1 k·ṃ smiyañc ramt	lykaśke	tumeṃ ye ·i ///
35	W 33 b1	trau • – – – –	lykaśke	(wal)ts(a)b2nalle • kuñcītäṣṣe ṣalype