tritesa

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Meaning:	“third”
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	ordinal
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	trit
Lexeme variants:	tritesa; trītesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	P-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	P-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	trite
voc
acc	trice
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	tricemeṃ
perl	tritesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• trai “three”

  	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	trai	tarya
  acc	trai	tarya
  gen		täryāṃts
  loc	traiyne
  abl		täryāmeṃ
  perl	traiysa

  • truskäñña “binding, bond, harness”

    	sg
    acc	truskäñña

  • trite “third”

    	sg.m
    nom	trite
    acc	trice
    abl	tricemeṃ
    perl	tritesa

Occurrences

tritesa

1	IOL Toch 92 b1	pelaikne b1 /// (ya)maskemar	tritesa	ñiś te ñemtsa pañäkte
2	IOL Toch 139 a5	(trä)ṅkontats deśaṃ āymelaṣkäññesa watesa	tritesa	weṣä(lle) /// a6 ///
3	IOL Toch 450 b1	we° /// b1 ///	trit(e)sa	– m· /// b2
4	IOL Toch 771 a3	eṅkäske(mar) /// a3 ///	tr(i)tesa	weṣälle /// a4
5	IOL Toch 1148 a1	a1 /// (wa)t(e)	tritesa	weṣṣä(lle) /// a2 ///
6	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b3	saim yamaskemar sāṅk yama(skemar)	(tritesa)	(ñ)iś{†ä} te-ñemtsa b4 paṃñikte
7	PK DA M 507.42 and .40 b3	saim yamaskemar sāṅk yama(skemar)	(tritesa)	(ñ)iś{†ä} te-ñemtsa b4 paṃñikte
8	PK NS 10 b4	pravarit ste śa{ś→k}piśaṣṣe wate	tri{te}sa	weṣle • tesa
9	THT 25 b3	wñā-ne(ś) kāśyape ; w(a)t(e)	tr(i)t(e);sa	kwri /// b4
10	THT 317 b1	b1 /// ·ts· – –	tritesa	alaṃṣṣäll(e) ·l· – b2
11	THT 1616.f b3	b3 /// (aksaṣa)l(l)e wate	(tr)i(tesa)	///

trītesa

1	IOL Toch 11 b3	ām lyama ; wate	trītesa	: weña t· 1σ
2	IOL Toch 33 b5	b5 /// preksa-ne wate	trīt(esa)	///
3	IOL Toch 92 b4	saimne ykūweṣ takarṣkeṃ tatāka(ṣ)	t(r)ī (tesa)