tesa

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Meaning:	demonstrative stem
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	neuter

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	sg.n	pl.m	pl.f	pl.n	du.m	du.f	du.n
nom	se, seṃ, samp, su, su-k	sā, sāṃ, somp, sāu	te, teṃ, tamp, tu, te-k, tu-k	cai, caimp, ceya-k	toy, toyna, toymp, toṃ, tona-k		tai, tai-k
voc
acc	ce, ceṃ, comp, co, cau, ce-k, cau-k	tā, tāṃ, tomp, tāu, tā-k	te, teṃ, tamp, tu, te-k, tu-k	ceṃ, cenän, ceyna, cena-k	toy, toyna, toymp, toṃ, tona-k		tai, tai-k
gen	cwi, cwimp	tāy	tentse, tuntse	cenaṃts, ceṃts, ceynaṃts, cempaṃts, centsa-k	toynaṃts, toṃts		tainaisi, tainaisäñ
loc	cene, caune, cene-k		tūne, teṃne, tu-kne
comit	caumpa		tempa		toynampa
inst
abl	cemeṃ, caumeṃ		temen, teṃmeṃ, tammeṃ, tumeṃ	ceṃmeṃ	toṃmeṃ
perl	compsa, causa		tesa, tūsa, tusa, tusā-k	ceynasa	toṃtsa
all	cewäśc		teśc, tuśc	cenäśc
caus

Lexeme family

• s- demonstrative stem dem
  • cwiññe “pertaining to this one” “his, her, its”

    	sg.m	pl.f
    nom	cwiññe	cwiññana
    acc	cwiññe	cwiññana

  • sanuññe “hatred, enmity, hostility” msg

    	sg
    nom	sanuññe
    acc	sanuññe

  • tumpa “then, therewith”
  • tuwak “this [emphatic]”
  • tune “there in, in it”

Occurrences

tesa

1	H 149.23 b5	api trir api ॥	tesa	ṣpīkiye yaskaṣṣälya ॥ śṛṇotu
2	IOL Toch 5 a3	klautkomar ; yolaiñemeṃ ;	tesa	mant ; po cmelane
3	IOL Toch 53 a3	ñem – poñc	tesa	/// a4 – –
4	IOL Toch 127 b4	enestai yāmu tākaṃ •	tesa	warñai ce ra tsa
5	IOL Toch 305 a2	yamaṣṣäṃ śireṃ • prakreṃ	tesa	wärñai yenteṣṣana tekaṃma erṣäṃ
6	IOL Toch 305 a6	t· y· k· lāst	tesa	wärñai āmpäl śuke salyiṃ
7	IOL Toch 305 b6	kamāl wīcuṣik śab6le grahaṃ	tesa	wärñai tek(aṃma) (mäs)kenträ ॥
8	IOL Toch 714 b1	b1 /// – ñake	tesa	(k)lau° /// b2 ///
9	PK AS 3A a4	• aṣiye a4 malkwersa	tesa	mā upadrap tsmetär śale
10	PK AS 3B b6	kuse salturna yāmu tākoy	tesa	nāṣṣi ista-k ast(are)
11	PK AS 10 a4	(āñ)m(e) kartse nessi śāñcapo	tesa	n(ä)s(s)ai(t) (yamaṣle) /// a5
12	PK AS 10 b2	/// b2 /// °l	tesa	nässait yamaṣlya 20-1 ///
13	PK AS 10 b3	kauṣalye • se śaumontse	tesa	piś (l)y(kwarwa) /// b4
14	PK AS 10 b5	/// b5 /// te-k	tesa	kapilleccepi • krui āñ(m)e
15	PK AS 10 b6	°y·ṃ erkenmameṃ taur pralle	tesa	näs(s)ai(t) (yamaṣle) ///
16	PK AS 13I b6	/// (pkantenmameṃ) yolaina tsyālpatai-me	tesa	nauṣ : b7 ///
17	PK AS 16.9.1 b4	b4 /// °ntsāṣṣa	tesa	la° /// b5 ///
18	PK Bois A36 a1	a1 ///	tesa	ṣap ///
19	PK Bois B9 a1	a1 ptārka • se	tesa	ṣap tākaṃ • tu
20	PK Bois B10 a2	te parra tārka a2	tesa	ṣap mā tärkanat •
21	PK Bois B14 a1	te parra tārka •	(t)esa	auṣap mā (tä)rkana a2
22	PK Bois B17	unread	(te)a1sa	ṣap mā tärkanat pärweṣṣe
23	PK Bois B22 a1	• teṃ parra tārka	tesa	/// a2 ṣkas kṣuntsa
24	PK Bois B27	(se)	(tesa)	a1 ṣap tākaṃ •
25	PK Bois B30 a1	te parra ptārka •	tesa	ṣap mā tärkaa2nat trice
26	PK Bois B52 a1	unread (ptā)a1rka • se	t(e)sa	ṣa(p) (tākaṃ) ///
27	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a92	yiltsesa ṣariś /// a92	tesa	mante pauśye klāyaṃ ·au
28	PK NS 10 b4	wate tri{te}sa weṣle •	tesa
29	PK NS 48 and 258 b2	poyśiñana krentaunaṃts śmoñña tākoym	tesa	warñai krentaunane ā(kālkänta) (ñä)ṣallona
30	PK NS 58 b5	appamātsa weṃ • (ṣam)āneṃ	tesa	parna 60 se no
31	PK NS 80.3 b6	/// b6 /// °p{†ä}	(t)es()a	///
32	PK NS 83 b6	lyelyäkoṣ ñäkti • nāgi	tesa	kakāccoṣ yä(rpa)ll(e)ṣṣe ñäśo poyśiññe
33	THT 5 b6	; (indri)b6ntaṃts • allek	tesa	; nesalyñe ; eśne
34	THT 28 a3	āñmtsa : mā= lyāk	tesa	parna ; ytārye nesäṃ
35	THT 51 b3	10σ /// ṣṣänme 70-7	tesa	b4 10σ 12σ 12σ
36	THT 99 b3	ñke ; meṅkitse ;	tesa	pkārsa-ñ ; yakt-āñm ñi
37	THT 110 b3	lmau /// b3 kṣiyeṃ	tesa	po wañenta aiśaumyi •
38	THT 119 b6	(n)o /// b6 mā	tesa	ra tänmäst(rä) parna •
39	THT 121 a6	nne wär śār parsnān	tesa	ceken-ne ṣärsa 40 ///
40	THT 133 b5	su ; uttare :	tesa	rmer kā ; kentsa
41	THT 169 a3	läkleṃta lkāṣälona skente •	tesa	ṣ a4 /// lmi
42	THT 182 a1	sak ecce källāṣṣeñca mäsketär	tesa	aiśalle ste palsko tane
43	THT 183 b2	mäsketär no arthantse karsalñe	tesa	ai – b3 ///
44	THT 194 a7	mäsketär cakṣurvijñām te mant	tesa	warñai vi b1 ///
45	THT 227.b a2	/// a2 /// u	tesa	9 śamnaṣṣi – ///
46	THT 231 b4	; seṃ yakne •	tesa	ykū ñī ; saim
47	THT 242 b5	12σ 8σ b5 ;	tesa	wa(rñai) – lkañc yetwi
48	THT 255 b4	weṣṣäṃ ; nolmeṃ :	tesa	śaiṣṣe ; wäksenträ ;
49	THT 271 b2	kuce ñiś kāmmai b2	tesa	nauṣ larauwñesa arañcne po
50	THT 284 b3	ṣäneṃ /// 5σ b3	tesa	wärñai no ; kektseñṣāna
51	THT 296 a3	ytāre ; poyśiña ;	tesa	poyśi ; maskele :
52	THT 498 a4	/// a4 /// lle	tesa	ramer pī /// a5
53	THT 503 a2	klo auk catä tsākaṃ	tesa	näsait y· /// a3
54	THT 532 a4	/// a4 /// allaik	(t)esa	no • /// b2
55	THT 549 b5	palsko astare yamaṣälle •	tesa	warñai yparwe yamaṣälyeṃ wäntarwa
56	THT 579 a3	śka k(l)āte se wat	tesa	/// a4 /// kṣavarddha(n)e
57	THT 1118 b4	/// /// (kä)llālle •	tesa	wa(sa)ṃ(tpāt) /// /// ñyāsä
58	THT 1119 a5	ākene ostameṃ /// ///	(t)esa	oṣap śpāl(m)eṃ wän(tar)e ///
59	THT 1193 and 2247 b1	– /// b1 ///	t(e)sa	oly· – – – rwa kka
60	THT 1341 a3	(eṃ)ṣketse : larauwñasa pkwalñesa	tesa	ñäkt· te wes(k)au ///
61	THT 1392.i b2	b2 /// – t	tesa	nauṣa – /// b3
62	THT 1430.cc a3	cme /// a3 ///	tesa	ek·a /// a4 ///
63	THT 1538.c a4	/// – nak·enträ 3	tesa	/// b1 /// ·lā
64	THT 2347.b a3	a3 /// – svāha	tesa	ku tu mci kä
65	THT 3284 a4	/// a4 /// tu	tesa	warñai /// a5 ///
66	THT 4075 b6	prasunnamanasa • mandavirob6ri svaha	tesa	mamanto-pälsko takärṣe mäsketra •
67	W 5 a2	a1 /// a2 malkwer	tesa	(pä)k(ṣ)alle /// (pä)a3(kṣa)l(le) aścaṣṣana
68	W 14 a6	ñorīya kātso orottsa tā(kaṃ)	tesa	päst ṣamäṃ ॥ oka(ro)
69	W 36 a5	• kotrik sintāpä •	tesa	mā a6 /// ātstse
70	W 37 b2	tumeṃ kātsasa laupe yāmusai	te(sa)	b3 kātso malyakka mäsketär
71	W 39 b4	yotsa laupe kāb4(tsa) yāmusai	tesa	kātso prakarya (ko)s t(e)