nauṣ

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Meaning:	“earlier, prior(ly), former(ly)”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	nauṣ; newṣä; noṣ; ne_uṣä; ne_uṣ; nauṣo; nauṣä

Number:	singular; plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	nauṣ	nauṣ	nauṣ	nauṣ
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acc	nauṣ	nauṣ	nauṣ	nauṣ
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Lexeme family

nauṣ “earlier, prior(ly), former(ly)”
- nauṣaññe “prior, previous”
  
  sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
  
  nom nauṣaññe nauṣaññi nauṣaññana
  
  acc nauṣaññe nauṣaññai nauṣaññeṃ nauṣaññana
- ynauṣkak “~ like previously, as always”

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	nauṣaññe		nauṣaññi	nauṣaññana
acc	nauṣaññe	nauṣaññai	nauṣaññeṃ	nauṣaññana

Occurrences

newṣä

1	THT 587.a a3	(pelai)k(n)empa plāc mokṣäṣṣai akṣa	newṣä	kä·e /// a4 ///

THT 587.a a3

(pelai)k(n)empa plāc mokṣäṣṣai akṣa

newṣä

kä·e /// a4 ///

nauṣ

1	IOL Toch 8 a3	a3 /// °ntänm(a) p(o)s(a)	nauṣ	mi /// a4 ///
2	IOL Toch 10 a4	aśaikṣamārgäntse ṣoa4(tri) /// (mäkte)	nauṣ	nano tapakiṣṣe yerpesa tarya
3	IOL Toch 17 b3	·uṣṣäṃ ·pene ॥ ṣeṃ	nauṣ	kä /// b4 ///
4	IOL Toch 46 b6	b6 /// su rano	nauṣ	b7 /// – smilñe
5	IOL Toch 99 b3	– nte saim-wäste puś	nauṣ	yāmṣar(e) ś·° /// b4
6	IOL Toch 137 b2	sam arāṃñe ste cwim	nauṣ	pete • /// b3
7	IOL Toch 186 b2	/// b2 /// ·yāmor	nauṣ	cmelaṣṣe • e –
8	IOL Toch 195 b3	/// b3 ṣpä śuwaṃ	nauṣ	läkleñ – /// b4
9	IOL Toch 246 b2	pāyti 80 se ṣamāne	nauṣ	tsaṅka(lyñe)b3sa postäṃ śinmalyñesa sāṅk
10	IOL Toch 248 a1	• omte ñäś mäkte	nauṣ	॥ ॥ cai no
11	IOL Toch 248 b3	samp arāññe ste cwim	nauṣ	pete • b4 caim
12	IOL Toch 306 a1	koyne • pittaṣṣepi kwaṃrmatse	nauṣ	ṣotri pkarsaso • laṃtse
13	IOL Toch 387 b3	b3 /// walo ṣaim	nauṣ	– /// b4 ///
14	IOL Toch 733 a4	/// a4 /// te	nauṣ	ynūca – /// b1
15	IOL Toch 830 b2	(au)k{†ä} kwroṣ ramt yetse	nau(ṣ)	/// b3 ///
16	IOL Toch 899 b3	ṣamāne ostu b3 ///	nauṣ	lau tseṅketär sā b4
17	IOL Toch 1121 b2	/// b2 /// (yne)mane	nauṣ	yt(āri) /// b3 ///
18	PK AS 6B b6	n= (e)ṅsate :	nauṣ	pāke postäṃ pāke ;
19	PK AS 6D a2	; aiśi yāmtsi mäkte	nauṣ	: nano māgatṣeṃ ypau(nane)
20	PK AS 7A b2	/// °i {:}	nauṣ	kwri weñcer ; mā
21	PK AS 7B b4	maitrajñā ; käryorttante ;	nauṣ	tāka sū dṛṣṭā(nt) tane
22	PK AS 7C a6	nautässi 10-4 mäk(t)e (y)ā(mor)	nauṣ	; ajātaśat;ruñ lānte :
23	PK AS 7D b4	; (k_ucesa) (onolmi) ;	(nauṣ)	(läklessoñc) (tatāka)rmeṃ ; postäṃ
24	PK AS 7E a1	; k_ucesa onolme ;	nauṣ	läklessoñc ; tatākarme(ṃ) ;
25	PK AS 7E b3	k_ucesa tne wnolmi ;	nauṣ	läklessoñc ; postäṃ rano
26	PK AS 7F b1	ṣpä mäsketär su ;	nauṣ	cmelaṣṣe āklyisa 10-3 k(ātt)s(i)
27	PK AS 7G a3	no ; mäskenträ :	nauṣ	läklesoñco ; tākaṃ pärweṣṣe
28	PK AS 7L a2	sru(kalyñeṣṣ=) (īme) ; (waṣamo)	(nauṣ)	(tākaṃ) ; wārwäṣṣeñca ṣek
29	PK AS 7N b6	srukalñeṣṣ= īme ; waṣamo	nauṣ	tākaṃ ; wā{r}wäṣṣeñca b7
30	PK AS 8B a7	eṅkasträ {27} ॥ brähmadattakalpne	nauṣ	pāke āra samudraṃ prathamaṃ
31	PK AS 12C b4	; ltuweṣä mantā kcā	nauṣ	; śärsāre ; spelkessoñc
32	PK AS 13D b6	war kewu tu empreṃ	nauṣ	b7 /// (śwā)lyai
33	PK AS 13H.1 b1	(pu)tr(i)yo ñäkcīye ek wasa	nauṣ	ṣa(ñ) b2 /// ṣeym
34	PK AS 13I b6	(pkantenmameṃ) yolaina tsyālpatai-me tesa	nauṣ	: b7 /// (skwa)ṣṣa-reki
35	PK AS 15A a6	kärtkāllemeṃ salk(amar) /// a6	nauṣ{†ä}	yāmormeṃ auntsate kapilavāstuś yatsi
36	PK AS 16.2 a2	warñai kṣatri posa te	nauṣ	yärkentse aṣāṃ takāre ॥
37	PK AS 16.3 b1	॥ arāḍeṃne ॥ k_use	nau(ṣ)	(weñ)ānte ; cau maṃt
38	PK AS 19.18 b4	– – lya – ·i	nauṣ	– – śa – – – stana
39	PK NS 44 a2	a2 /// (k_use) ṣamāne	n(au)ṣ	(o)mt(e) chandä wasa •
40	PK NS 54 a4	/// 7σ ; 4σ	(nauṣ)	(pūdñä)kteṃts ; yärkenta ;
41	PK NS 58 a5	te waike ṣai 60	nauṣ	mā pälskanaṃ waike w(e)ṃtsi
42	PK NS 74 b3	(śānmya) /// b3 ///	(nauṣ)	(tsaṅka)lyñesa postäṃ śinmalñesa sā(ṅk)
43	PK NS 76 b4	/// kr_ui s(u) ṣamāne	nauṣ	mā kakākau /// b5
44	PK NS 79.1 b2	tsaṅk(a) w(a)lo ṣesa l(antsona)mp(a)	nauṣ	mcuṣkanta bhara° b3 ///
45	PK NS 112 a1	a1 /// māka pñi	nauṣ	yāmuwa saṃsārne kleśanma a2
46	PK NS 172 b3	b3 /// (käryo)rttau ṣeym	nau(ṣ)	/// b4 /// mṛga
47	THT 7 a5	/// 8σ 1σ (je)a5tavanne	nauṣ	mäske – – p ksa
48	THT 9 b2	kauc āñmo ; ceṃts	nauṣ	/// 9σ 18σ 9σ
49	THT 21 b5	; wetāntse : pakwāreṃmpa	nauṣ	; 7σ /// ///
50	THT 27 a1	twe po āñmtsa :	nauṣ	rano taiknesa ; poyśintats
51	THT 27 b4	sā_u ; ñissa ytārye	nauṣ	• yokaiṣṣe prerentse ;
52	THT 30 b3	; yerkwantai ; eṅklyauṣäcce	nauṣ	• ṣpyārta po ono
53	THT 30 b7	; taiknesa ; eṣpirtacce	nauṣ	• pudñäb8kte eṅ;klyauṣäcce ;
54	THT 44 a2	kauṃ ; lwāsa kautsi	nauṣ	; mā campi :
55	THT 44 a5	; wartone : kaṣār	nauṣ	ausu ; yā ///
56	THT 44 b8	/// : mā su	nauṣ	campya ; pāṣtsi anaiśai
57	THT 45 a5	tn= onuwaññe ; śāya	nauṣ	; mā ra śaiṃ
58	THT 46 b1	– s·· – s	nauṣ	ka su /// b2
59	THT 46 b2	b2 k warñai :	nauṣ	su plyāwa alyeṅkäṃ ceṃ
60	THT 49 a6	ce_u ; ostä(ś)c(o) ;	(nau)ṣ	cmelne /// 4σ 14σ
61	THT 56 a1	a1 /// lnta	nauṣ	cme(la) /// a2 ///
62	THT 63 b6	pr(a)tin· – ·āw· ;	nauṣ	/// b7 ///
63	THT 84 a5	/// a5 /// yesäñ	nauṣ	pelaikne /// a6 ///
64	THT 97 b1	/// b1 ॥ ṣai	nauṣ	/// b2 ye ṣai
65	THT 100 a5	pwārṣai koṣkaine – – – – (puwa)rne	nauṣ	yopu mā ṣpä akālk{†ä}
66	THT 100 a6	pelaikne klyautsi pelaikne klyauṣtsi	nauṣ	pete-ñ tak· – – – – ॥
67	THT 109 b4	rintsate ñi pelykiṃ •	nauṣ	ra preśyaine ñśaṣṣe treṅkältsa
68	THT 124 b7	/// b7 /// (we)ñāre	nauṣ	poyśinta 30 ///
69	THT 126 b1	/// b1 amāc su	nauṣ	weña /// b2 w(e)ñā-ne
70	THT 170 a2	– – vā – – – – posa	nauṣ	we /// a3
71	THT 173 b6	/// (bhavāṅkä) b6 nta	nauṣ	päst weña • somona
72	THT 178 a2	adivat kāś· – – – – vakāśam	nauṣ	ramt palkäṃ te maṃnt
73	THT 178 a3	te akāśe ṣṣe te	nauṣ	pākri tāka ompostäṃ ka
74	THT 181 b1	prāptisvabhāp{†ä} skente • prāpti	nauṣ	päst weña • kā
75	THT 182 b1	phal· – p·t yamalñesa	nauṣ	nkelñe m(ā) mäsketä ///
76	THT 220 a3	; po ñi wnolmi	nauṣ	; cmelane pātärñ takāre-ñ
77	THT 228 a5	: 10-1 snai ypärwe	nauṣ	saṃsārne käṃnte oktä b1
78	THT 235 a2	aw(ā)sk(a)tt(e) /// a2 ///	nauṣ	prekeṃ : k(e) käl(ṣa)mñesa
79	THT 240 b4	rītamar /// b4 ///	n(au)ṣ	cmel(a)ne mäkte ṣait cau-k
80	THT 241 a1	maursa y(ai)twa ; astäṃ	nauṣ	: ñumka ñu ṣpä
81	THT 242 a4	; lkāntär-c yāmwa ;	nauṣ	yärponta • – ṅkā
82	THT 244 a5	/// a5 arṣāre śäktālyenta	nauṣ	ktauwa : wināskau ceṃts
83	THT 263 b4	/// b4 /// maiyas(a)	nauṣ	kälṣä ///
84	THT 271 b2	ñiś kāmmai b2 tesa	nauṣ	larauwñesa arañcne po tserekwa
85	THT 288 a1	a1 /// ruṃ	nauṣ	yāmu pārāmitṣṣe ud(ai) ṣle
86	THT 315 b4	·e – – ne mā	nauṣ	ka /// b5 ///
87	THT 349 a6	p· – – – – – star-ne •	nauṣ	rano so /// b1
88	THT 349 b2	pūrvayok weṣṣäṃ ॥ ṣai	nauṣ	ṣamā /// b3 ///
89	THT 372 b1	walo ṣey tane jaṃbudvipne	nauṣ	preke • snai keś
90	THT 406 a5	– ṣṣe se walo	nauṣ	cme /// a6 ///
91	THT 431 a3	kwasnāmane • cey rano	nauṣ	kāśyām pa a4 ///
92	THT 521 b1	; (k_ucesa) (onolmi) ;	(nauṣ)	(läklessoñc) ; (tatākarmeṃ) ;
93	THT 521 b5	; k_ucesa onolmi ;	nauṣ	läklesoñc ; (tatākarmeṃ) ;
94	THT 523 b3	/// b3 /// ;	nauṣ	cmela ; epiyacä ;
95	THT 552 b2	b2 laṣälyi : taiysa	nauṣ	tsäṅkoṣäṃ pratika-pañäkti b3 arahan(ti)
96	THT 584 a3	/// va arkaṃ yopu	nauṣ	rī /// a4 ///
97	THT 591 a4	; puttaṅktär : mäkte	nauṣ	weñām ; bhavāggärṣṣana ;
98	THT 595 a2	/// ñ mā näkte	nauṣ	ṣe-ñ : /// a3
99	THT 597 a2	; empreṃ kärsaucañ 60-5	(nauṣ)	(o)mpostäṃ ; ywārśkane ;
100	THT 618 a2	mpa wek cine treṅks(ate)	nauṣ	/// a3 /// l·
101	THT 1111 b4	n(o) ostameṃ laṃtsi mapi	nauṣ	ṣamāne ṣaiytä kwri weṃ
102	THT 1211 a1	ṣeṃne ksa allek yāmor	nauṣ	cme – /// a2
103	THT 1229 b6	/// b6 /// –	nauṣ	cmela ·e /// b7
104	THT 1234 a3	a3 /// ne ॥	nauṣ	tsäṅkoṣäṃ pū ·ä ///
105	THT 1262 a2	– /// a2 knānte	nauṣ	eśne ānti – ///
106	THT 1335.b b3	ya b3 /// –	nauṣ	tona-k prahārnta wikäṣaṃ •
107	THT 1335.d a4	/// a4 /// kte	nauṣ	wikäṣäṃ nava praṅtär a5
108	THT 1415.n b2	/// b2 /// mäkte	nauṣ	॥ – ///
109	THT 1424.g b3	/// b3 /// –	nauṣ	ṣe yo /// b4
110	THT 1481.a a3	/// a3 /// ce	nauṣ	yāmu ṣai – ///
111	THT 1501 b4	b4 /// nta ṣukt	nauṣ	ye – /// b5
112	THT 1513 b4	॥ b4 /// ·e	nauṣ	krentauna kakraupau ramer ka
113	THT 1573.i b3	/// b3 /// mä	nauṣ	lwāsa s· /// b4
114	THT 1694 b1	/// b1 /// ·m·	nauṣ	/// b2 /// –
115	THT 1816 b4	/// b4 /// –	nauṣ	mā ///
116	THT 2277 a2	– /// a2 ///	nauṣ	ñśä /// b1 ///
117	THT 2377.p b3	ro ntsai 4 tumeṃ	nauṣ	opi śä – ///
118	THT 3036 a2	/// ·ä nte ṣai	nauṣ	·re /// a3 ///
119	THT 3084 b2	b2 /// – ś	nauṣ	– /// b3 ///
120	THT 3276 a2	a2 /// nakṣī waicceṃ:	nauṣ	/// a3 /// lye
121	THT 3278 b2	/// b2 /// ntse	nauṣ	cmel·aṃ ka – ///
122	THT 3281 a2	– päñ aśya ṣait	nauṣ	/// a3 /// le

noṣ

1	THT 225 a3	a /// a3 –	noṣ	krent kr_ui twe ñäkta
2	THT 275 b5	5σ 3σ b5 –	noṣ	poñco ; räser ścono
3	THT 496 a1	ask(a)sk(au) (mā) ñ(i) (ci)sa	noṣ	; śomo ñ(e)m a2
4	THT 547 a1	rekona onästrä • posa	noṣ	rājasa /// ///
5	THT 1378.c b4	b4 /// – tnu	noṣ	märkampal /// b5 ///
6	THT 1381.l a3	/// a3 /// ·y·	noṣ	– /// b1 ///
7	THT 1694 a2	ṣä /// a2 ///	noṣ	k·i /// b1 ///
8	THT 1914 a3	/// a3 /// – –	noṣ	– /// b1 ///
9	THT 2369.t b1	/// b1 /// nta	noṣ	ñaś /// b2 ///
10	THT 3601.b b2	sā /// b2 ///	noṣ	aścä kau /// b3

nauṣä

1	IOL Toch 39 b3	/// (samyagdṛṣṭipuras)k(ā)r(a)ḥ empreṃ pilko	n(au)ṣ(ä)	y· – /// b4
2	IOL Toch 380 a4	/// ka kemeṃ :	nauṣä	bhū° /// b1 ///
3	Or 15003.6 a1	a1 /// – ·y·	nauṣä	/// a2 /// –
4	PK AS 7E b4	ksa wnolmi ; cmelane	nauṣä	; māk= āyornta ;
5	PK AS 19.22 a2	yamasträ pārśai pre(śyain)e (k)auṃ-pirkoś	nauṣä	toṃ • yamasträ yne(ś)
6	THT 260 b2	/// b2 /// pne	nauṣä	– – – yā tane päpä