mewiyai

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Meaning:	“tiger”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	mewiyai; mewyai; mewye
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	mewiyo
voc
acc	mewiyai
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• mewiyo “tiger” m

  	sg
  nom	mewiyo
  acc	mewiyai

  • mewiya “tigress” f

    	sg
    nom	mewiya

Occurrences

mewyai

1	SI 1877 a1	wi kṣuṃntsa kṣemārcune lānti	mewyai	pikulne ñuñce śwer meñantsene
2	THT 2691 a1	wi kṣuntsa k(ṣ)emār(cu)ne lānti	mewyai	pikule /// a2 –
3	THT 2824 a1	a1 /// (kṣem)ā(rcu)ne lā(nt)i	mewyai	pikule tsañi cinaiyśe –
4	THT 2832 a1	a1 /// lān(t)i	mewyai	pikule ñuñce śa(k) (św)e(rn)e
5	THT 2878 a1	a1 /// (kṣemārcune) lānti	mew(yai)	(pikule) ///

mewye

1

G-Qa 1 a1

postanont ṣkasce ok meññaṃntse

mewye

pikulne aiṣṣeñcaṃñesä lantsi