pelene

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Meaning:	“manner, way [of expression], rule, law, regulation”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pal
Lexeme variants:	pelene
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pele
voc
acc	pele
gen
loc	pelene
comit	pelempa
inst
abl	pelemeṃ
perl	pelesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pele “manner, way [of expression], rule, law, regulation” msg

  	sg
  nom	pele
  acc	pele
  loc	pelene
  comit	pelempa
  abl	pelemeṃ
  perl	pelesa

Occurrences

pelene

1	IOL Toch 12 a5	– re-ne atānene yamaṣare-ne	pelene	ṣalāre-ne ॥ – – – (osta-ṣ)m(e)ñcantse
2	THT 21 a4	12σ /// (:) prautka	pelene	; śwātsi yoa5(ktsi) ;