tserekwa

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Meaning:	“deception, deceit”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tserekwa
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine_plural
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-wa

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom		tserekwa
voc
acc		tserekwa
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• tsereññ-
  • tsereññ- “to deceive” gv
    • tserekwa “deception, deceit” fpl

      	pl
      nom	tserekwa
      acc	tserekwa

    • tsereññ- “to deceive” gv.prs12

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	tserentar-ñ	tserentär
      3	tserentär	tsereṃñentär

    • tsereññ- “to deceive” gv.subj12
      • tserentsi “to deceive” inf.n.subj12

        	sg
        nom	tserentsi
        acc	tserentsi

    • tsereññ- “to deceive” gv.pret5
      • tsetserñu “to deceive” part.pret5

        	sg.m
        nom	tsetserñu

Occurrences

tserekwa

1	IOL Toch 4 b4	• skeyeṃ rano aikareṃ	tserekwa	lkāṣṣäṃ ॥ vijñāṃ pälyca-pälycä
2	IOL Toch 23 a4	a3 tse /// a4	tserekwa	: – – – /// a5
3	IOL Toch 214 b4	1σ wsāwa ; snai	tserekwa	3 snai yparwe ///
4	PK NS 54 a6	; 1σ s(aṃ)sārṣṣeṃ ;	tserekwa	; karsal(ñ)esa 10-3 toṃ
5	PK NS 54 b3	4σ /// saṃsārṣṣana ;	tserekwa	; aiśamñesa ; anaiśai
6	PK NS 56 b5	po pīś āntseṃ ;	tserekwa	ka kärsoṣ cai :
7	THT 229 b1	aräṃntsa : saṃsāb1rṣṣana ;	tserekwa	; snai lyiprä –
8	THT 271 b2	nauṣ larauwñesa arañcne po	tserekwa	• tuntse ñake b3
9	THT 277 b2	: ṣaṃñ pälskauntse ;	tserekwa	; ke(t)e b3 āñme
10	THT 496 a4	karttse(ś) śaulu-wärñai ; snai	tserekwa	snai tā – :
11	THT 1541.j b2	/// – nträ toṃ	tserekwa	: 1 ॥ –