speltke
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| Meaning: | “zeal, effort” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | spaltäk |
| Lexeme variants: | speltke; spelkke; spellake; spelke; sptelke |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | speltke | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | speltke | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | speltkesa | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- speltke “zeal, effort”
m
sg nom speltke acc speltke perl speltkesa - speltkessu “zealous, eager”
sg.m nom speltkessu acc speltkessont - spelkkessu “zealous, with zeal”
sg.m pl.m nom spelkkessu spelkkessoñc
- speltkessu “zealous, eager”
Occurrences
spelkke
| 1 | IOL Toch 197 a2 | /// a2 /// 30-3 | spelkke | /// a3 /// n· |
| 2 | THT 12 b1 | 2σ ; – 1σ | (s)p(el)kk(e) | (maka) y(k)nesa : śwoye(ṃ) |
| 3 | THT 305 a2 | a2 /// ke aiśaumye | spelkke | yāmi 10-5 yatkā śākaṭiko |
| 4 | THT 581 a3 | – a3 /// tākne | spelkke | yamaṣṣare – a4 /// |
| 5 | THT 1573.j a4 | /// a4 /// kä | spelkke | /// a5 /// – |
| 6 | THT 1597.b a3 | kläskālñe a3 /// (ka)lymisa | spelkke | a4 /// ·e po |
speltke
| 1 | IOL Toch 263 a2 | /// – sāw ritāte | speltke | – /// a3 /// |
| 2 | IOL Toch 285 a5 | °śt kucek wärñai peṅsar | speltke | /// a6 °r-ne : |
| 3 | IOL Toch 764 b3 | /// °t oko cwiṃ | speltke | /// b4 /// r·o |
| 4 | Kz-213-ZS-L06 a1 | kka wärkṣäl kca kleśanmats | speltke | nautsi ayato : mā(la)tsana |
| 5 | Kz-225-YD-W-07 a1 | a1 puñisome tane | speltke | yamaṣa |
| 6 | PK AS 7H a4 | palskossu śaumo : yāmi | speltke | po āñmtsa ; āñme |
| 7 | PK AS 13K.4 b2 | b2 /// °s·ś skeye | spel(tk)e | /// b3 /// ñai |
| 8 | PK NS 78.1 b3 | /// b3 rerīnoṣ dhyananma | spe(ltke) | /// b4 |
| 9 | SI B 113 b6 | b6 /// (snai) | (spe)ltk(e) | awlā(wa)ttäññe /// b7 |
| 10 | THT 132 a4 | a4 ·e weṣṣälle wrocce | spe(ltke) | /// (waipe)a5cc(e)nta kälpäṣṣäṃ (•) |
| 11 | THT 333 a4 | ceu kalälne ykuweṣ kautsiśco | speltke | yamaṣäṃ su no cwi |
| 12 | THT 342 b6 | /// nts· pelaikne wrotse | speltke | /// b7 /// wän·e |
spellake
| 1 | G-Su 16 a1 | a1 {ñ→j}ñānasene ṣṣamāne | spellake | /// |
sptelke
| 1 | G-Su 10 a1 | mokasene dharmatrāte tene kameṃ | sptelke | yamaṣṣare |
