newe

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Meaning:	“cry, roar”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	naweṃ
Lexeme variants:	newe
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	newe
voc
acc	newe
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	newesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• nuwā-
  • nuwā- “to roar, shout, cry out, threaten” gv
    • newe “cry, roar” m

      	sg
      nom	newe
      acc	newe
      perl	newesa

      • newe_u “roaring”

        	sg.m
        nom	neweu
        acc	newent

    • nuwā- “to roar, shout, cry out, threaten” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid
      3	ñewetär

    • nuwā- “to roar, shout, cry out, threaten” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      3	nuwaṃ	nuwoytär

      • nuwalñe “cry(ing), roar(ing)” abstr.msg.subj5

        	sg
        nom	nuwalñe
        acc	nuwalñe
        perl	nuwalñesa

        • nwalñeṣṣe “pertaining to crying, roaring” subj5

          	sg.m
          nom	nwalñeṣṣe
          acc	nwalñeṣṣe

    • nuwā- “to roar, shout, cry out, threaten” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      2	nawatai

  • nuw- “to shout (a shout)” kaus
    • nuw- “to shout (a shout)” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	nūwäṣṣi	nuwäṣyeṃ

    • nuw- “to shout (a shout)” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	ñāwa

Occurrences

newe

1	IOL Toch 130 a5	antiṣpūrṣṣ(a)nampa /// a5 °yaṣṣe	newe	śama • tu keklyau(ṣormeṃ)
2	PK AS 6H b5	– nāte 8 ḍi(ṇḍim)	newe	/// b6 /// °l·
3	PK AS 15D a6	/// ṣṣe ka ṣpä	newe	k(l)yauṣītär taisa rano ṣ
4	PK AS 17K a4	kerunta wrakaiṃ k(n)ea4raṃts ploriyaṃts	newe	kly(au)ṣträ caim rano brāhmaññeṣṣi
5	THT 220 a2	te mant ñāwa ;	newe	wrocce ; ṣecakäññe ;
6	THT 244 b1	/// b1 wlo :	newe	nūwäṣṣi ṣecakäṃñe snai proskai
7	THT 1182 b3	/// māne pälca pälyce	newe	m·e /// b4 ///
8	THT 1305 a2	a2 /// – pärkärwaṃts	newe	yukṣeñcai : karavīr a3