sak_usa

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Meaning:	“pleasure, happiness”; “luck, chance”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	suk
Lexeme variants:	sakusa; säkusa; saksa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-anma

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	sakhwa	skwanma
voc
acc	sakhwa	skwanma
gen	skwantse
loc	sakne	skwanmane
comit
inst
abl
perl	sakusa	skwanmasa
all	säkwaśc	skwanmaśc
caus

Lexeme family

• sakw “pleasure, happiness” “luck, chance” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	sakhwa	skwanma
  acc	sakhwa	skwanma
  gen	skwantse
  loc	sakne	skwanmane
  perl	sakusa	skwanmasa
  all	säkwaśc	skwanmaśc

  • skwassu “fortunate, lucky, happy”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	skwassu	skwassoñc
    acc	skwassont

Occurrences

sak_usa

1

PK AS 7F b6

; mā kektseñäṣṣe ;

sakusa

skwassu ma rano kca

saksa

1	Kz-110-ZS-L-03.06 a1	kem ·u – r	saksa
2	PK AS 17I b5	ñī kektseñmeṃ : ñake	saksa	pl(o)ntomar ; tarkär yainmu
3	PK NS 109 b4	11σ /// 4σ ;	saksa	ra śaul ; cärkāsta
4	THT 14 b3	(ke)kts(e)ñ mā palkṣträ ;	saksa	ṣp aiksnar ; lkäntsan-n(e)
5	THT 244 b4	kelesa : mīwi ceu	saksa	ṣkas yäknesa täṅwaṃñe :
6	THT 246 a2	ypauna kwṣainne ci plua2ṣṣi-ñ	saksa	palskw ārañce yapit wat

säk_usa

1

THT 389 b5

b5 /// – s

säkusa

; täṅwäñña ; sa