onolmentsa

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Meaning:	“living being, person, creature”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wrasom
Lexeme variants:	onolmentsa; onolmeṃtsa; wnolmentsa
Number:	plural
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	onolme	onolmi
voc		onolmi
acc		onolmeṃ
gen	onolmentse	onolmeṃts
loc	onolmene	onolmeṃne
comit		onolmeṃmpa
inst
abl		onolmeṃmeṃ
perl	onolmesa	onolmentsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• onolme “living being, person, creature” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	onolme	onolmi
  voc		onolmi
  acc		onolmeṃ
  gen	onolmentse	onolmeṃts
  loc	onolmene	onolmeṃne
  comit		onolmeṃmpa
  abl		onolmeṃmeṃ
  perl	onolmesa	onolmentsa

  • onolmeṃtse “pertaining to living beings”

    	sg.m	pl.f
    nom	onolmeṃtse	onolmeṃtsana
    acc		onolmeṃtsana

Occurrences

wnolmentsa

1	Kz-211-ZS-R-06 a1	lkatsi ñyātso : krentäṃ	wnolmentsa	ātse tatākau ste ra
2	PK AS 13C a5	/// °meṃ ;	wnolmentsa	āñmalāṣṣän-ne ; te° ///
3	THT 1 b7	/// b7 /// 18σ	wnolmentsa	: akṣā-ne poyśi ///
4	THT 2 b6	ypauna kuṣaintsa kaklautkau aṅkāre	wnolmeb7(ntsa)	/// protärñts śnona ysentär
5	THT 214 a1	; parka meñe ;	wnolmentsa	täñ • ·m· ///
6	THT 220 b3	piś cme(lṣeṃ) ceṃ ;	wnolmentsa	• tumeṃ yāmṣate ;
7	THT 2604 b4	/// b4 /// lo	wnolmentsa	ś· /// b5 ///

onolmeṃtsa

1

THT 407 b3

kewcä tusa amāskai lwa;b3sāmeṃ

onolmeṃtsa

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