speltkessu
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| Meaning: | “zealous, eager” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TB |
| Lexeme variants: | speltkessu; spelkesu; splkessu; spelkesw |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -u |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -ont |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -oñc |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | speltkessu | |||||
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| acc | speltkessont | |||||
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| comit | ||||||
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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
spelkesu
| 1 | THT 203 b3 | ; pe(rnerñeś) ṣek ; | spelkesu | śaub4länmaṣe ; pitosa ; |
| 2 | THT 1106 a4 | – – – – (kre)a4ntaunane tune ñiś | spelkesu | tāko(ymä) – – (ka)ṣār wa(ssi) |
spelkesw
| 1 | THT 122 b2 | (k)ru(i) /// b2 /// | (spe)lk(e)sw | emprentse kwipässu – – ·ññ· |
