täṅkwassu
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| Meaning: | “dear, beloved” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | tuṅkassu |
| Lexeme variants: | täṅkwassu; täṅwassu; täṅwasū |
| 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 | täṅkwassu | täṅkwassonta | ||||
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| acc | täṅkwassonta | |||||
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Lexeme family
- taṅkw “love”
msg
sg nom taṅkä acc taṅkä perl taṅksa - taṅkwaṣṣe “pertaining to love”
sg.m pl.f nom taṅkwaṣṣe täṅkwaṣṣana acc taṅkwaṣṣe täṅkwaṣṣana - täṅkwaññe “lovely, pleasant”
sg.m sg.f pl.m nom täṅkwaññe täṅkwañña täṅkwaññi acc täṅkwaññe täṅkwaññeṃ - täṅkwaññäññe “desirableness, loveliness”
sg.m nom täṅkwaññäññe acc täṅkwaññäññe
- täṅkwaññäññe “desirableness, loveliness”
- täṅkwäññ-
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv.prs12
sg.act 2 täṅkwaññet - täṅkwaññeñca “loving, having compasion for”
ptcp.prs12
sg.m sg.f nom täṅkwaññeñca, täṅwaññeñca täṅkwaññeñca, täṅwaññeñca acc täṅkwaññeñcai, täṅwaṃñeñcai, täṅwañeñcai täṅkwaññeñcai, täṅwaṃñeñcai, täṅwañeñcai
- täṅkwaññeñca “loving, having compasion for”
ptcp.prs12
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv.subj12
sg.act pl.act 2 täṅwät 3 täṅwaṃ täṅkwaññeñ-cä - täṅkwalyñe “to love, have compasion for”
abstr.n.subj12
sg nom täṅkwalyñe acc täṅkwalyñe - täṅkwantsi “to love, have compasion for”
inf.n.subj12
sg nom täṅkwantsi acc täṅkwantsi all täṅkwantsiśc
- täṅkwalyñe “to love, have compasion for”
abstr.n.subj12
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv.imp5
sg.act 2 ptäṅwäññe
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv.prs12
- täṅkwäññ- “to love, have compasion for”
gv
- täṅkwassu “dear, beloved”
sg.m pl.f nom täṅkwassu täṅkwassonta acc täṅkwassonta
- taṅkwaṣṣe “pertaining to love”
Occurrences
täṅwassu
| 1 | IOL Toch 240 a1 | a1 aiwästär krentaunane | täṅwassu | mā krentänne /// a2 |
| 2 | PK AS 17H a5 | wlāskeṃ were kek(ts)eñmeṃ ; | täṅwassu | taṅw a6 laryaiśco |
| 3 | THT 412 a3 | /// – pātär mātärne | täṅwassu | ṣaim /// a4 /// |
| 4 | THT 2381.i b1 | kuse su t·ā – | täṅwassu | /// b2 /// svi |
täṅwasū
| 1 | THT 4 a5 | /// 7σ ; (pud)ñ(ä)ktene | täṅwasū | : tary(a) 12σ /// |
