mñcuṣkanta

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Meaning:	“prince”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	mäśkit
Lexeme variants:	mñcuṣkanta; mäñcuṣkanta; mcuṣkanta; mcuṣkant=

Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-anta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	mñcuṣke	mñcuṣkanta
voc
acc	mñcuṣkeṃ	mñcuṣkanta
gen	mñcuṣkentse	mñcuṣkantaṃts
loc	mñcuṣkenne
comit
inst
abl
perl		mcuṣkantampa
all	mñcuṣkeṃśc
caus

Lexeme family

mñcuṣke “prince” m

sg pl

nom mñcuṣke mñcuṣkanta

acc mñcuṣkeṃ mñcuṣkanta

gen mñcuṣkentse mñcuṣkantaṃts

loc mñcuṣkenne

perl mcuṣkantampa

all mñcuṣkeṃśc
- mñcuṣka “princess” f
  
  sg pl
  
  nom mñcuṣka mñcuṣkana
  
  acc mñcuṣkana

Occurrences

mcuṣkanta

1	IOL Toch 131 a4	vaiśāline mäskītär masār vaiśāliṣṣi	mcuṣkanta	werpiśkaṃts twea5(re) /// ce_u
2	PK NS 44 b2	(mäskī)trä • masār vaiśālṣ(i)	mcuṣka(n)ta	werpi(śkan)ts{†ä} (t)w(e)r(enne) – ///
3	PK NS 79.1 a1	/// ñäṣṣā-me ॥ tumeṃ	mcuṣkanta	amācänta ṣ(p) /// a2
4	PK NS 79.1 b2	w(a)lo ṣesa l(antsona)mp(a) nauṣ	mcuṣkanta	bhara° b3 /// (o)rocce
5	PK NS 79.1 b3	ke(rc)cīy(e)nmeṃ lac{†ä} kälymiññeṃ lāntäṃ	mcuṣkanta	b4 /// °mpa tasemane
6	THT 589 a5	/// °mane śtwer uweñ	mcuṣkanta	ulkāmukhe • katakarṇi •
7	THT 589 b3	: pyāmtso säswentse yaitkor	mcuṣk(a)nta	ak· – – ka° b4
8	THT 589 b7	/// °vaṃ erkenmasa ॥	mcuṣkanta	weskeṃ ॥ haridāsñene ॥

mäñcuṣkanta

1

mäñcuṣkentse ṣarmtsa ceṃ śtwer

mäñc(u)ṣkanta

ṣañ patarye (śakkeṃ) ///

mcuṣkant=

1

saswa pstināṣṣar pi ;

ā /// a3 ///