nauṣä-k

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Meaning:	“earlier, prior(ly), former(ly)”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	nauṣä-k; neuṣä-k

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.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”

Occurrences

nauṣä-k

1	PK AS 7B b5	: mā b5 (ṣpä)	nauṣä-k	cai ; tsälpālläññe ;
2	PK AS 7C a1	; ś(ā)y(e)ṃ : tsälpentr{e→ä}	nauṣä-k	; läklentameṃ ; nrea2yṣṣana
3	PK AS 7D a6	(wnolmi) ; (skwassoñc) (tne)	(nauṣä-k)	; (ta)tākarmeṃ /// b1
4	PK AS 7E a2	5σ ; a2 – –	nauṣä-k	; skwassoñc tākaṃ ;
5	THT 37 b2	lme /// (a)b2rttate cewmeṃ	nauṣä-k	tary= asaṃkhyainta /// b3
6	THT 521 a5	wnolmi ; skwaso(ñc) (tne)	(nauṣä-k)	; (tatākarmeṃ) ; ///
7	THT 521 b6	10σ /// ; – –	(nauṣä-k)	; (skwa)soñc tākaṃ ;

ne_uṣä-k

1

THT 226 b3

ṣä b3 /// tsi

neuṣä-k

täñ cämpämñe ṣe(-k) wrots=