nauske

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Meaning:	“oppression”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	nauske; neuske
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• nusk-
  • nusk- “to squeeze, (de)press” gv
    • nauske “oppression” m

      	sg
      nom	nauske
      acc	nauske

    • nusk- “to squeeze, (de)press” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1			nuskaskemar
      3	nuskaṣṣäṃ, nuskaṣṣäṃ-ne, nuskaṣṣän-me	nuskaskeṃ	nuskastär

    • nusk- “to squeeze, (de)press” gv.pret3

      	sg.act
      1	ñauskuwa

      • ñeñusku “to squeeze, (de)press” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	ñeñusku

    • nusk- “to squeeze, (de)press” gv.subj2
      • ñuṣṣalñe “to squeeze, (de)press” abstr.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	ñuṣṣalñe
        acc	ñuṣṣalñe

Occurrences

ne_uske

1

THT 255 a1

prāskaṃ ; cmelāsā :

neuske

aiskeṃ ; ālyeṅkäts ;

nauske

1	IOL Toch 217 a1	/// (॥) (niṣkra)mātne ॥	nauske	arañ(c)ä(nne) /// a2 ///
2	THT 15 b1	; nakiṣṣe : śraddhenäts	nauske	; källāṣn ara(ñcne) ;
3	THT 17 b3	; nakiṣṣe : śraddheb3(näts)	(n)auske	; kälāṣn arañcne ;
4	THT 511 b1	niśācare ulukempa – ki	nauske	śalla wai b2 p(e)ccentse
5	THT 1344.d b2	– – /// b2 ts	nauske	källāskeṃ yu /// b3