meṅki

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Meaning:	“lack, absence”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	maṅk
Lexeme variants:	meṅki; meṅkī
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	meṅki
voc
acc	meṅki
gen
loc	meṅkine
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• meṅki “lack, absence”

  	sg
  nom	meṅki
  acc	meṅki
  loc	meṅkine

  • meṅkītstse “lacking, being deprived of”

    	sg.m
    nom	meṅkītstse

Occurrences

meṅki

1	IOL Toch 124 a3	postaṃñe rano – ///	(me)a4ṅki	ikäṃ pikwalaṃñepi o(n)olme(ntse) ///
2	IOL Toch 186 a3	kus(e) /// a3 ///	meṅki	: ekñiññenta kälpāṣṣäṃ po
3	IOL Toch 247 b3	lakṣānäñcä • pañäktemeṃ nandentse	meṅki	ṣeṃ • śtwāra praroṃ
4	IOL Toch 247 b3	• śtwāra praroṃ pañäktemeṃ	meṅki	ṣai • pañäktentse wastsib4mpa
5	Kizil WD-IV-1 a8	; yatsi ; t(a)k(a)	meṅki	; lkātärne : s(·)·
6	PK AS 7E b1	(krent) (wāṣmontse) ; b1	meṅki	tākaṃ ; rittaṣṣeñca ;
7	PK AS 17C b6	pals(k)o wā(yasta) ; cīne	meṅki	t(e) pkārsa : kuse
8	THT 41 a8	ṣalñe :	meṅki	olypo ; trīwäṣlñe ;
9	THT 41 a8	śkar śkar ṣaṃṣtär 10-5	meṅki	no ṣäṃ;ṣalñe tne ;
10	THT 41 b1	; kos satāṣṣäṃ :	meṅki	tumeṃ ; satāṣlñe ;
11	THT 138 b2	b2 /// klesso(ṃ)c :	meṅki	kr· /// b3 ///
12	THT 384 a3	pācer mācer ; ñi	meṅki	; pilk· 5σ ///
13	THT 1109 a4	kuse ṅke tañ tane	meṅki	tā(ka)ṃ – – – – a5
14	THT 1402.a a1	w· ly· pi mā	meṅki	– /// a2 ///
15	THT 2237 b2	– – /// b2 ///	m(e)ṅki	akartte mā – – ///

meṅkī

1	PK AS 7J b2	lwāksa bhā(janta) ; (snai)	(meṅkī)	(mäskentär) (cpī) ; b3
2	PK AS 7J b3	: (spa)ktanīkentsa ; snai	meṅkī	mäskentär ṣpä ; wrotse