rupne

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Meaning:	“shape, form, appearance, face”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	rup
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. rūpa-
Lexeme variants:	rupne; rūpne
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-nma

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	rup	rūpanma
voc
acc	rup
gen
loc	rupne
comit
inst
abl	rupmeṃ
perl	rūpsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• rup “shape, form, appearance, face” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	rup	rūpanma
  acc	rup
  loc	rupne
  abl	rupmeṃ
  perl	rūpsa

  • rupaśke “little face [diminutive]” m

    	sg
    nom	rupaśke
    acc	rupaśke

Occurrences

rupne

1	PK NS 32 b6	śle smīlñe pilkosa brāhmaṇeṃ	rupne	lkāskemane mā ce-k warñai
2	THT 9 b3	(pa)b3lsko ; pannatsiś ;	rupne	yparwe : pärwān= epiṅk;t=
3	THT 15 a3	(ka) (ṣp) ; lkāṣyeṃ	(rupne)	; (śle-k) (waiptāyar) ;
4	THT 17 a4	ka ṣp ; lkāṣyeṃ	rupne	; śle-k waiptāyar ;
5	THT 1112 a5	– – – – (yamaṣṣä)ll(e) : kauc	rupne	lkāṣṣälle wasaṃnpāt yaskaskemar-cme(ṃ) b1
6	THT 3597 b5	karuṃ palsko te-yknesā lwāññe	rupne	tukau ṣai-c tot lalaṃ(ṣka)

rūpne

1	IOL Toch 609 a2	/// a2 /// ni	rūpne	kurī – /// b1
2	THT 601 b4	/// b4 tärne ce	rūpne	āñm – /// b5
3	THT 1570 b3	·n· eṅwe klaintse :	rūpne	m· /// b4 ///