pretenne
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| Meaning: | Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst] |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | pret |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. preta- |
| Lexeme variants: | pretenne |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | locative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | prete | preti | |
| voc | |||
| acc | |||
| gen | preteṃts | ||
| loc | pretenne | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- prete Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst]
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sg pl nom prete preti gen preteṃts loc pretenne - preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
sg.m sg.f nom preteṃṣṣe acc preteṃṣṣe preteṃṣṣai
- preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
Occurrences
pretenne
| 1 | Kizil WD-IV-1 a10 | tanmäṣṣäṃ nraine ; lw(ā)s(a) | pr(e)tenne | ; ñäkcye śām(ñ)e /// |
| 2 | PK AS 7G a5 | lwāsane wat no ; | pret(e)nne | wat ; tänmaskenträ ; |
| 3 | PK AS 7J b2 | ; yoktsi enepre 2 | pretenne | mā su ; tänmasträ |
| 4 | PK AS 17A b5 | nrai lwāsa śle ; | prete(nne) | ; (nekä)t lakle ; |
| 5 | THT 42 b2 | alloṅna : nrai lwāsa | pretenne | ; snai keś empelona |
| 6 | THT 284 b3 | 6 nraine läklenta ; | pretenne | śle ; lwāsāne : |
| 7 | THT 522 a5 | /// a5 aṅkaiṃ yāmor | pretenne | śuw(aṃ) ॥ kus(e) k· |
| 8 | THT 573 a2 | /// wce misāśañ lwāsā | pretenne | no /// a3 /// |
| 9 | THT 1349.g a2 | /// a2 /// lwāsa | pretenne | /// a3 /// skente |


