nemcek

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Meaning:	“certainly, surely”
Word class:	uninflected
Word subclass:	adverb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	nemcek; nemce=

Lexeme family

• nemce “certainly, surely”
  • nemcek “certainly, surely”
    • nemcekaññe “infallible”

      	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
      nom	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe
      acc	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe	nemcekaññe

Occurrences

nemce=

1	PK AS 7I b3	sū ; tänmasträ ;	nemce=	ksa ; cew krent
2	PK AS 7I b6	reki sū ; mā	nemce=	klyauṣäṃ (:) (10-7) (ekñiññenta)
3	THT 132 b6	• ñäṣträ speltkesa yamaṣuki	n(e)mc(e)=	(k)s(a) /// (pe)b7laiknesa weṣṣeñca

nemcek

1	IOL Toch 51 b5	/// – tunts= oko	nem(c)e(k)	e /// b6 ///
2	IOL Toch 93 b3	mäsketrä : caumpa ṣesa	nemce(k)	/// b4 /// sutärne
3	IOL Toch 144 a1	krent(a) ; yāmornta :	nemcek	paskentär-c ; nrai lwas(a)
4	IOL Toch 169 b8	/// – akṣāwa-c pomeṃ	nemcek	tsrel·e
5	IOL Toch 176 b2	– /// b2 °koym	nemcek	sak ya – ///
6	IOL Toch 282 a1	a1 /// – ptāka	nemcek	/// a2 /// –
7	IOL Toch 307 b4	; källoym oko ;	nemcek	ce ; po cmelane
8	PK AS 5C a5	; akālk{†ä} se ;	nemc(ek)	a6 kñītär-ñ :
9	PK AS 5C b5	; knelñe se ;	nemcek	b6 (tākoy-ñ) (bha)vākarñai
10	PK AS 6K a2	k(o)ṭ(a)nma /// a2 ts·näś	nemcek	n· /// a3 nemcek
11	PK AS 6K a3	nemcek n· /// a3	nemcek	lnaṣṣäṃ : sä° ///
12	PK AS 7B a5	nesäṃ sū yāmor ;	nemcek	cmetsiś ; sportoträ :
13	PK AS 7B b1	(:) (sporttotär) yāmor ;	nemcek	cmetsiś ; tmäsketrä 3
14	PK AS 7B b1	no yāmor ; mā	nemcek	tän;maṣṣeñca : iñcew yāmo(r)s(a)
15	PK AS 7B b2	yāmorsa sū ; mā	nemcek	ṣpä ; tänmasträ 4
16	PK AS 7H a6	a6 śaiṣṣeṃtse ;	nemcek	po karep mäsketrä :
17	PK AS 7I a4	ek;ñiññenta ; yänmāṣṣäṃ ;	ne(mc)e(k)	(iñakteṃ) (:) (cew) (yāmorsa)
18	PK AS 12B b2	pi wentsi täñ ;	nem(c)e(k)	/// 5σ 5σ ;
19	PK AS 12B b6	s(e) ñäke cpi reki	ne(mcek)	(ste) ///
20	PK AS 14.1.2 b6	/// b6 /// postaṃnmeṃ	nemce(k)	/// b7 /// na
21	PK AS 16.7 b7	: snai keś nrai(nta)ne	nemcek	tseksamai kwri nta ci
22	PK AS 17C a1	sa mu – – – ;	(ne)mcek	yanmoy{†ä} orocce 1 ॥
23	PK AS 17J b5	ñätkaub5ñeṣṣe lakle onolmeṃts śarsäskau	nem(c)ek	(e)n(eṃ) cwi maiyyane se
24	PK LC 15 a3	ette tesuwa peprek	nemcek	śka plāwa
25	PK NS 25 and 26 b4	; akālk se ;	ne(mc)ek	(k)ñītär-ñ nervāṇäṣṣai ; rints(e)
26	PK NS 28 b3	; källoym oko ;	ne(mcek)	(ce) ; (po) (cmelane)
27	THT 16 a3	; w(ai)ke empreṃ ;	nemc(e)k	ñe° /// 8σ a4
28	THT 16 b7	(20-7) (śaumo) (tetemu) ;	nemcek	tänmasträ b8
29	THT 18 a4	/// 5σ /// ;	(nemcek)	(tänma)stär ; käṃtwāṣe ceu
30	THT 25 a4	a4 källoyeṃ :	nemcek	postäṃ /// /// yentär
31	THT 28 a1	a1 /// ;	n(e)mc(e)k	ś(au)l āstreṃ : spelke
32	THT 33 a7	mañyeṃ ; mañyanameṃ ;	nemcek	yarke ; källālyi ;
33	THT 67 b7	; /// treṅkäl ;	nemcek	(spärk)āl(l)e : yainmwa kreb8(ntaunasa)
34	THT 81 a6	(perne)ṣṣe akālksa po (aiṣṣeñca)	(nemce)k	cau uttareṃ mñ(cu)ṣkeṃ yesäṃññ
35	THT 93 a1	(wa)a1lke pilko śeśśamormeṃ weṣṣan-n(e)śca	nemcek	twe kuṣattarye nest taisa
36	THT 124 b3	(o)nolmeṃ /// b3 ///	(ne)mc(e)k	su dakṣi(ṇāke) /// b4
37	THT 135 b6	/// (pe);l(ai)kneṣṣe śvalmeṃ āyor	(ne)b7m;cek	ra tsa aiṣälle :
38	THT 197 a4	okt pelaikne(ntane) (rittau) (ste)	(nemcek)	vitarāg(e) ārtte-tarkañetstse mäsketrä se
39	THT 206 a1	a1 /// (tā)koi oko	nemcek	wakītse akalkätse /// a2
40	THT 278 b1	10-6 /// 4σ ;	(ne)b2mcek	nai ; tremaṣṣana ;
41	THT 284 a3	ksa a3 krui ;	nemcek	postäṃ ; sruketrä :
42	THT 284 a5	: yainmwa wäntarwāntsä ;	nemcek	postäṃ ; nkelle ste
43	THT 295 b2	; śmälñe nta ;	nemcek	postäṃ ; tsrelle ake
44	THT 295 b7	añmsa ṣäp ; weweñor	nemcek	pyam ñi ; śle-oko
45	THT 330 b3	prekṣalle • karmavācaṃkentse nano	nemcek	prekṣalle ste • kos
46	THT 353 a3	/// a3 /// :	nemcek	rinastär /// a4 ///
47	THT 365 b7	– ·ṣ· ṣene •	nemcek	tumeṃ ; wrotse oko
48	THT 572 a6	°panträ 50-5 t(u) lkaskemāne	(nemce)k	; ra källaṃ –
49	THT 588 a6	ṣärm seṃ tot oko	nemcek	·ai a7 /// ñña
50	THT 1117 a3	/// /// °ntse	nemcek	s(n)ai a4 ///
51	THT 1274 a2	(poyśi)ñ= ākalkä rītoytär su	nemce(k)	/// a3 /// ·ā
52	THT 1295 a4	· āra ñäś kārwa	nemcek	ci om·o paṃ l·a
53	THT 1339 a5	/// – ·tärne sesīnu	nemcek	su ceṃ – ///
54	THT 1339 a6	/// a6 /// mudtär	nemcek	totte kätknaṃ sū nä
55	THT 1397.n a2	m· /// a2 ///	nemcek	cau ma – ///
56	THT 2370.d a1	a1 /// cpi śaumontse	nemcek	·a /// a2 ///