tau

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Meaning:	“(Chinese) peck [a dry/liquid measure]”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tau; tauw
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine_plural
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-a; -ä; -i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	tau	tom, towi, towä
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• tau “(Chinese) peck [a dry/liquid measure]” fpl

  	sg	pl
  nom	tau	tom, towi, towä

Occurrences

tau

1	HWB 74(3) a3	mokotse meñe lyekśye cak	tau	se kompiletse kapci a4
2	HWB 74(3) a3	mokotse meñe lyekśye cak	tau	se kompiletse kapci a4
3	IOL Toch 814 a3	a3 /// mn· pra	tau	/// a4 /// –
4	Kizil WD-I-a3 b1	weña cakanma 3	tau	aṇaṃ(ta)tewe kamāte
5	Kucha 190 a1	wantiśke wi cakaṃma sanai	tau	mlyokotau pleksa oktakar ///
6	Kucha 191 a4	a4 (w)i (cakaṃma) sanai	tau	ysāre pleṅk(u)wa ṣ(ka)s yäl(ts)e
7	Kz-020-YD-N-15 a1	a1	tau	ce su na ni
8	PK DA M 507.7 a8	kapci a8 /// –	tau	śak oksa a9 w(ä)ntiśke
9	PK DA M 507.7 a8	kapci a8 /// –	tau	śak oksa a9 w(ä)ntiśke
10	PK DA M 507.8 a9	śeśuwa āka cakanma 8	tau	sanai 1 । rapaññe
11	PK DA M 507.8 a9	śeśuwa āka cakanma 8	tau	sanai 1 । rapaññe
12	PK DA M 507.14 a7	kapci a7 /// tāka	tau	1 pätteyānentse tau 1
13	PK DA M 507.14 a7	tāka tau 1 pätteyānentse	tau	1 wawāltsausa tāka ok
14	PK DA M 507.14 a7	a7 /// tāka	tau	1 pätteyānentse tau 1
15	PK DA M 507.14 a7	tāka tau 1 pätteyānentse	tau	1 wawāltsausa tāka ok
16	PK DA M 507.26 a39	a39 /// piś 5	tau	sanai 1 a40 ///
17	PK DA M 507.26 a39	a39 /// piś 5	tau	sana 1 a40 ///
18	PK DA M 507.34 a27	wi cakanma 2 a27	tau	sanai 1 । cokomakkaka
19	PK DA M 507.34 a27	wi cakanma 2 a27	tau	sanai 1 । co
20	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a71	akaumtse yośaś tsäa71ṅkana wasa	tau	• saṅki piś tom
21	PK DA M 507.41 b3	ly(e)kśye llaiś cakanma wi	tau	sanai 1 b4 ///
22	PK DA M 507.41 b3	ly(e)kśye llaiś cakanma wi	tau	sanai 1 b4
23	PK LC 37 a4	ṣey cakanma ṣkas tneññai	tau	a5 /// °ś towäṃ
24	THT 433 a4	tom piś ṣaṅkäṃ klese	tau	a5 pañcwarike jñānacaṃndre lyāka
25	THT 433 a7	piś ṣaṅkäṃ a7 klese	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ a8 pañcwarike
26	THT 433 a31	śle trukāle kantiś yikṣye	tau	·i /// a32 (pañcwarik)e
27	THT 434 a8	meñantse ne kapyāres klese	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ wākte tau
28	THT 434 a8	tau piś ṣaṅkäṃ wākte	tau	ke – /// a9
29	THT 434 a11	klese wi taum wākte	tau	wi ṣaṅkäṃ amokces a12
30	THT 434 a12	ṣaṅkäṃ amokces a12 yikṣye	tau	a13 (pa)ñcwarike cittarakṣite lyāka
31	THT 435 a3	masa tarya tom wākte	tau	mi amokce yikṣye a4
32	THT 435 a5	masa wi tom wākte	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ a6 amokces
33	THT 435 a6	ṣaṅkäṃ a6 amokces yikṣye	tau	a7 pañcwarike wäryacaṃdre lyāka
34	THT 440 a4	a4 /// (amo)kces yikṣye	tau
35	THT 442 a1	tarya tom amokces yikṣye	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ a2 ///
36	THT 448 a2	kapyā(res) /// a2 śwāsine	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ /// a3
37	THT 450 a2	/// a2 /// masa	tau	piś (ṣaṅkäṃ) /// a3
38	THT 455 a1	a1	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ pañcwarike jñā
39	THT 2683 a4	ṣuk meña{ntsene} kapyāres klese	tau	yi(k)ṣ(ye) /// a5 wawāntsaṃs
40	THT 2683 a7	ok meñantsene kapyāres klese	tau	yi(kṣye) /// a8 pälentakentse
41	THT 2693 a7	a7 /// – – sanai	tau	ṣuk ṣaṅkäṃ a8 ///
42	THT 2698.a a3	śle trukāle kantine yikṣye	tau	piś ṣaṅ(käṃ) /// (ṣa-)
43	THT 2703.b a5	/// (kapyā)res wākte masa	tau	kle(s)e ///
44	THT 2704 a7	klese śwāra tom wākte	tau	/// a8 /// (pañcwa)rike
45	THT 2725 a1	a1 /// (kle)se	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ wā(kte) ///
46	THT 2746 a2	/// a2 klese masa	tau	·i ///
47	THT 2757 a1	masa tarya tom wākte	tau	/// /// a2 ///
48	THT 2758 a1	a1 ///	tau	÷ /// a2 ///
49	THT 2759 a6	a6 śwerne kapyāres klese	tau	/// a7 pañcwari(k)e ///
50	THT 2760 a2	a2 /// k(le)se masa	tau	pi(ś) /// a3 ///
51	THT 2761.d a2	/// a2 /// klese	tau	ṣu(k) ///
52	THT 2770 a1	a1 /// (ṣaly)w(e)	tau	piś ṣaṅkä{ṃ} /// a2
53	THT 2803 a1	a1 /// (w)ākte	tau	/// a2 /// s(a)ṅkästere
54	THT 2803 a3	/// a3 /// wākte	tau	///
55	THT 2813.a a3	/// a3 wākte	tau	– /// a4 ///
56	THT 2813.b a2	/// a2 /// klese	tau	yi(kṣye) /// a3 ///
57	THT 2816 and 2836 a2	/// a2 /// wsāwa	tau	sucāte mi – nts·
58	THT 2816 and 2836 a5	/// a5 /// wākte	tau	///
59	THT 2829 a2	/// a2 /// (kle)se	tau	piś ṣaṅ(kä)ṃ wākte ·i
60	THT 2831.b a2	a2 /// – śak(n)e	tau	– ///
61	THT 2833 a2	(j)ñ(ā) /// a2 ///	tau	piś ṣaṅkäṃ wā ///
62	THT 2833 a4	a4 /// klese masa	tau	piś· ///
63	THT 2839 a1	a1 /// (ṣaly)w(e) kewye	tau	÷ /// a2 ///
64	THT 2903 a3	a3 /// – k(n)e	tau	ṣe(m)e (ṣaṅk) ///
65	THT 4064 b1	ciparañcä 3 talaṣi kakau	tau	1
66	Tumšuq 97 a2	(yo)a2kale mot lac ok	tau	। saswe klainats mot
67	Tumšuq 97 a2	klainats mot yātka wi	tau	। sarātsaṃts cā(k) ñu
68	Tumšuq 97 a3	sarātsaṃts cā(k) ñu a3	tau	। tarmamittrorśai wratsai wi
69	Tumšuq 97 a3	। tarmamittrorśai wratsai wi	tau	। – – – – – – – a4 wate
70	Tumšuq 97 a4	mot lac{†ä} cāk sanai	tau

tauw

1

THT 362 a2

a2 – – laṃntsi ywarc

tauw

wetā(ntäṃ) /// a3 – –