tetreṅku

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Meaning:	“having clung to”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tetreṅku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	tetreṅkoṣ, tetreṅku		tetreṅkoṣ
voc
acc	tetreṅkoṣ		tetreṅkoṣ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• treṅk-
  • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv
    • treṅkäl “attachment (to the world)” m

      	sg
      nom	treṅkäl
      acc	treṅkäl
      perl	treṅkältsa

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	treṅkäṣṣi, treṅkastär	treṅkaskentär

      • treṅkaṣle “to stick, adhere, cling to” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	treṅkaṣle

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.subj1

      	pl.act	sg.mid
      1		treñcīmar
      3	treṅkäṃ

      • treṅkalñe “clinging” abstr.subj1

        	sg
        nom	treṅkalñe
        acc	treṅkalñe

      • etreṅkätte “to stick, adhere, cling to” priv.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	etreṅkätte

    • treṅk- “to stick, adhere, cling to” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      3	treṅksate

      • tetreṅku “having clung to” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tetreṅkoṣ, tetreṅku	tetreṅkoṣ
        acc	tetreṅkoṣ	tetreṅkoṣ

Occurrences

tetreṅku

1	IOL Toch 214 a8	janahitaiṣi weṣṣäṃ keś tättārmeṃ	tetreṅku	·e /// a9 ///
2	PK AS 6B a5	kektsenne ṣai olypotse ;	tetreṅku	yatäṣṣ(i)a6tär-ne : sonopitär likṣītär
3	THT 1105 b1	/// (e)nt(e) aṅkaiṃ pilkontan(e)	t(e)tr(e)ṅku	ṣaiytä ñatke me·n·ṣp·ltsa kektseñ
4	THT 1245 b2	/// – k· ntsene	tetreṅku	sa /// b3 ///