speltkesa

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Meaning:	“zeal, effort”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	spaltäk
Lexeme variants:	speltkesa; speltkesā; spelkesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
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

Occurrences

spelkesa

1	IOL Toch 221 b5	b5 /// (utthānenā)mādena •	spelkesa	– /// b6 ///
2	PK AS 17E a2	(ke)a2klyauṣormeṃ supriyenmeṃ waṣamoñ{†ä} po	spelk(e)sa	ts··nts· /// /// (lantu)ṃñe
3	THT 12 b6	se /// 10σ 14σ	(spe)b7lkesa	snai ykorñesa ; wlāwalñesa
4	THT 23 b2	; pelaiknenta ; po	spelkesa	; kraupanab3llona ; wnolments=
5	THT 1404.h a3	/// a3 /// pā	spelkesa	• tū – ///
6	THT 1449.e a5	/// a5 /// –	spelkesa	: 10-4 yetse ·e

speltkesa

1	THT 132 b6	b6 mäsketrä • ñäṣträ	speltkesa	yamaṣuki n(e)mc(e)= (k)s(a) ///
2	THT 333 a4	yamaṣäṃ su no cwi	speltkea5sa	srukalyñe yaṃnmaṃ su mā

speltkesā

1

THT 1860 a3

pälsko kektsentsa yäṅk(au)n kästwer

speltkesā

ñwona neṣmye – ///