skwanma

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Meaning:	“pleasure, happiness”; “luck, chance”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	suk
Lexeme variants:	skwanma; skwaṃnmā; skwänmā; skwänma; skwaṃnma
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
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

skwanma

1	Dd 5.2 a1	kuce ṣ no po	skw(a)nm(a)	///
2	IOL Toch 179 a2	skwassontäṃ lkā° /// a2	skwanma	warpanträ nano ṅke läklesso°
3	PK AS 6B a2	; mā cämpmoñ toṃ	skwanma	aitsi 70-6 p(a)pāṣṣorñe pāṣtär
4	PK AS 7K b6	onolmi wärpa(nanträ) ; (makā-ykne)	(skwanma)	///
5	PK AS 7L a1	; maka tn(e)	skw(anma)	sruk(a)lyñeṣṣe (īme) ; (toṃ)
6	PK AS 7N b4	saṃsārne wärpananträ ; makā-ykne	skwanma	srukalyñeṣṣ= īme ; b5
7	PK AS 14.2 a3	a3 /// ñca kare	skwanma	saṃsārṣana pkwalñetsana pśīyemträ :
8	PK AS 17F b1	lā(ñc) (ñäkteṃts) ; b1	(skwan)m(a)	(wme)r(a) ; pu(tkāre) (:)
9	PK AS 17F b3	ānästär-ne ; kektseño ;	skwanma	ṣaukār : (saṃ)sā(r)ṣṣe c(e)u
10	PK NS 40 a2	(t)ot{†ä} makā-yäkne ymaṣy eṅkalṣana	skwanm(a)	– /// a3 ///
11	PK NS 49B b6	b6 /// (wär)pnāntra	skwanma	snai keś mak(ā)-y(kne) mäntrākka
12	SI P 1 a6	; wrotstsana • wärpormeṃ	skwanma	; pälskoṣṣana toṃ ;
13	THT 14 a8	a8 /// (śaiṣṣe)ṣṣeṃ	skwanma	; śrī-ñäkte ramt ;
14	THT 14 b3	; (pa)pāṣṣoṣäṃts ; toṃ	skwanma	10 b4 (-4)
15	THT 39 a1	a1 /// na	skwan(ma)	/// a2 /// ·ñ·
16	THT 246 a5	naumye ñäś ci nekwa	skwanm(a)	pw āñmantse ñäb1kcye ra
17	THT 2369.c a3	prosko /// a3 ///	skwanma	śai /// b1 ///
18	THT 2516 a1	a1 /// –	skwanma	– /// a2 ///

skwaṃnmā

1

THT 573 a1

a1 /// wärponträ wesämpa

skwaṃnmā

7 krui /// a2

skwaṃnma

1

IOL Toch 241 a4

10 /// a4 °ṣä

skwaṃnma

tetkorsa traike lkās(k)eṃ läkle(nta)

skwänma

1	THT 255 a2	aiskeṃ ; läklentats 6	skwänma	śaiṣṣe ; kolokträ ;
2	THT 255 a3	ñyatsene 7 ket ṣäñ	skwänma	; ma takaṃ ;
3	THT 255 a4	alyekmeṃ ; yaskästrä yaṣu	skwänma	; ket {r→p}älsko ;
4	THT 255 a4	kärwa= skwänmā ; ma	skwänma	: koṣko rāśäṃ ;
5	THT 1270 b3	b3 /// stsi :	sk(w)änma	laro – ///
6	THT 1565 b3	twe – ñakte yśāmna	skwänma	ra m· – – ///

skwänmā

1	THT 254 a2	/// a2 2σ ///	(skwä)nmā	; mā tākaṃ ;
2	THT 254 a2	/// 2σ /// ·u	skwänmā	ket· lsko – rw·
3	THT 254 a2	ts skw· – (mā)	skw(ä)nmā	: tr· p· pä
4	THT 255 a4	ket {r→p}älsko ; kärwa=	skwänmā	; ma skwänma :