retke

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Meaning:	“army”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	retke
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	retke
voc
acc	retke
gen
loc	retkene
comit	retkempa
inst
abl	retkemeṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• retke “army” msg

  	sg
  nom	retke
  acc	retke
  loc	retkene
  comit	retkempa
  abl	retkemeṃ

Occurrences

retke

1	Is-001-ZS-Z-02 a1	meñantse ne nawāke kalyānarakṣite	retke	yey laukameṃ ce preṣti
2	PK AS 1A a4	abhibhūya bhikṣavaḥ maraṃ śle	retke	oṃṣap tatākarmeṃ ṣamāni {•}
3	PK AS 13E b4	°ne ka(nt)enmane wetāu	retk(e)	solme k(eṣ)i om stamäṣyeṃ
4	PK NS 36 and 20 a5	yapoy : śak koṭanma	ret(k)e	ñi s(t)e ; ñ·
5	PK NS 36 and 20 b4	pälskoṣṣai yūk(āwa) (:) akālkäṣṣe	retke	no ; were t(e)
6	PK NS 36A b2	/// ·s· yewe	retke	wärkṣalyci ṣeṃ /// b3
7	PK NS 37 b4	enäṣṣälñeb4(ne) /// (ptaksa)so srukalñeṣṣe	retke	• naḍāgāra iva kuṃja(ra)
8	PK NS 65 a1	a1 /// – nta	r(e)tk(e)	lkātsi yaṃ pāyti ///
9	PK NS 75 b3	/// b3 /// (ce)w	retk(e)	lkātsi maitaträ walo ceṃ
10	PK NS 75 b5	/// – /// ///	(re)t(k)e	lkātsi ///
11	SHT 2250 and 2254.a b2	prerentsa b2	retke	unread kakāwaṣ säswetse ram
12	THT 2 b8	/// (lāñc) ontsoyttñesa alloṅkna	ret(k)e	iyaṃ (yp)au (nane)
13	THT 3 a1	a1 8σ ;	(ret)k(e)	iyaṃ ypaunane ; māka
14	THT 21 a7	(su) (:) (ajātaśatru) ;	retke	ṣālla ; kausalṣets räskre
15	THT 22 a2	näno-k śanmäṃ ; ciś	retke	60-4 tu yparwe w(e)ña
16	THT 33 a4	; sompastär te ;	retke	yāmträ ; were te
17	THT 93 b2	yapoy śak ko(ṭanma) ;	(retke)	(ñi) (ste) ; ///
18	THT 94 a1	14σ 14σ (akālkäṣṣe) ;	(retke)	(no) ; (were) a2
19	THT 422 b4	träṅko /// b4 ///	retke	rine mā /// b5
20	THT 423 b7	wi /// b7 ///	retke	yänmā – /// b8
21	THT 577 b5	b5 – – – (m)āka lyakursa	retke	kautāte /// b6 – – –
22	THT 1210 a1	/// sne keś kodyanma	retke	o a2 /// cceṃ
23	THT 1502 a2	– nt cle śanmaṣṣe	retke	a3 /// – lype