welñe

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Meaning:	“speech”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	welñe; welyñe
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-enta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	welñe	welñenta
voc
acc	welñe	welñenta
gen	welñentse
loc	welñene
comit
inst
abl	welñemeṃ
perl	welyñesa
all	welñeśc
caus

Lexeme family

• weñ-
  • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv
    • weñiye “talk, discussion”

      	sg
      nom	weñiye
      acc	weñiye

    • weñenta “speaker” agnt.m

      	sg	pl
      nom	weñenta
      gen		weñentaṃts
      loc		weñentänne

    • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.prs9a

      	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	weṣṣim, weskau, weskau-ne	weskem		weskemar
      2	weṣṣit, west, west-meśc	weścer		westär
      3	weṣṣi, weṣṣäṃ, weṣṣäṃ-ne, weṣṣäṃ-neśc, weṣṣäṃ-meśc	weṣyeṃ, weskeṃ, weskeṃ-neś, weskeṃ-ne	westeṃ	westär, westär-me	weskentär

      • weṣṣeñca “speaking, saying” ptcp.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	weṣṣeñca	weṣṣeñca	weṣṣeñcañ	weṣṣeñcañ
        acc	weṣṣeñcai	weṣṣeñcai
        gen	weṣṣeñcantse	weṣṣeñcantse
        comit	weṣeñcaimpa	weṣeñcaimpa

      • weṣṣälle “to be said” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	weṣṣälle	weṣṣällona
        acc		weṣṣällona

      • weskemane “speaking, saying, telling” part.prs9a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	weskemane	weskemane	weskemane	weskemane
        acc	weskemane	weskemane	weskemane	weskemane
        gen	weskemanentse	weskemanentse

    • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.subj

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	weñim, weñau, weñau-c, weñau-ne, weñau-me	weñem
      2	went, went-meścä	weñcer
      3	weñi, weṃ, weñ-c	weñeṃ, weñeṃ-ne

      • welñe “speech” abstr.m.subj

        	sg	pl
        nom	welñe	welñenta
        acc	welñe	welñenta
        gen	welñentse
        loc	welñene
        abl	welñemeṃ
        perl	welyñesa
        all	welñeśc

        • welñeṣṣe “pertaining to the sayings” subj

          	sg.m	pl.m
          nom	welñeṣṣe
          acc	welñeṣṣe	welñeṣṣeṃ

      • wentsi “to say, speak, saying, speaking” inf.n.subj

        	sg
        nom	wentsi
        acc	wentsi

    • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	weñā-ne, weñā-me

    • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.pret5

      	sg.act	pl.act	pl.mid
      1	weñāwa	weñām
      2	weñāsta	wñās
      3	weña-neś, weña-meś, weña, wña-neś, weñā-meś	weñāre, wñār-ne, weñāre-ne, weñāre-neś, weñār-meś	weñānte

      • weweñu “having spoken” part.pret5

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	weweñoṣ, weweñu	weweñoṣ
        acc	weweñoṣ	weweñoṣäṃ, weweñoṣ

        • weweñor “saying” abstr.pret5

          	sg
          nom	weweñor
          acc	weweñor
          abl	weweñormeṃ

    • weñ- “(act.) to speak, say, tell” “(mid.) to be called” gv.imp5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	poñ	poñes

Occurrences

welyñe

1	PK AS 5A a4	(akuśa)a4l{†ä} ; śtwarā-yäkne ;	welyñe	ñiś ; mā weñim
2	PK AS 5A a5	: buddhavacaṃ ; kuse	welyñe	; (s)ū(t)rä (winai) ;
3	PK AS 6D a6	/// 13σ a6 weñentaṃts	welyñe	: kuce kca klyauṣi
4	PK AS 15C b7	/// b7 /// pañä(kte)ntse	wely(ñ)e	··a ·āte kl(u)tkä ///
5	THT 19 a6	pintwāt ynemane ; tī(rtheṃtṣ)	(we)lyñe	; klyauṣāre ceu ;
6	THT 19 b1	kälywene sāṅkä källā(ṣṣäṃ) – –	welyñe	; ṣpä-k tsämṣäṃ •
7	THT 333 a9	(tu)sa ñaktaia9kte pañakte waiyke	welyñe	naksate waiyke welyñemeṃ klautkalyñe
8	THT 597 a4	snai akālk ; (snai)	(we)lyñe	; pelaikne kätkre :
9	THT 597 b1	p(e)laikn(e) n(o) ; su	w(elyñe)	; (śpālmeṃ) (po) ;
10	THT 597 b2	sū kätkre ; (snai)	welyñe	; pelaikne ; weñai
11	THT 1109 a1	ostameṃ lnaṣyeṃ anāsä (mä)skiyenträ	welyñe	enäṣälyñe mā kä(lpāṣyeṃ) a2
12	THT 1109 b4	pe(lai)kneṣṣe watkäṣ(ä)lyñ(e) (a)ñcāl(i) up(ā)dhyāyetse	welyñe	enäṣälyñe tarnene wärpana(le) – – – –
13	THT 1123 a2	a2 ///	(we)lyñe	enäṣṣälyñ(e) • tarnesa wärpanal(e)
14	THT 1195.b a2	/// k· reṃ snai	welyñe	kl·i /// a3 ///

welñe

1	IOL Toch 39 a6	– /// a6 ///	(we)lñe	ṣpä • ceṣ(ṭe) ///
2	IOL Toch 68 b2	eṅkäl rinaccu cen nai	welñe	ptārka pä(st) /// b3
3	PK AS 2C a2	waiwalñe • pkelñe ywerū	welñe	: pit maiwalñe waiwalau
4	PK AS 16.5 a4	kaccalyasa yokassoa4(ñc) /// ·s{†ä}	welñe	keklyauṣormeṃ sämpāre po laklesa
5	PK NS 29 a4	yoniṣṣeṃ lantaṃ(ts)	welñe	keklyauṣormeṃ brahmadatteṃ lāntäś weskeṃ
6	PK NS 29 b5	supriye cakravārtti walo plaktūkañantse	welñe	(ke)klyauṣormeṃ weṣṣäṃ ॥ śimi°
7	THT 15 a8	(sū) (wnolmets) ; (nāki)	(welñe)	; (prere)sa ceu ;
8	THT 17 b1	sū wnolmets ; nāki	welñe	; preresa ceu ;
9	THT 20 a3	/// (c)w(i) ṅke sū	welñe	ce ślok weña c(e)u
10	THT 68 b5	/// b5 /// ścīre	welñe	tne pa /// b6
11	THT 126 b7	yo(lo) /// b7 – –	welñe	mäkte kca täñ rai
12	THT 170 a3	m oṣl· naṃts	welñe	– – – – w·rtse /// (kā)a4rikne
13	THT 170 a6	/// (a)a6(dhivacana) • olyapotstse	welñe	• āhvaya • śoś·
14	THT 181 a1	a1 maṃñe	welñe	weña mā snai onolmeṃtsna
15	THT 197 a1	l(a)kle k(a) ly(i)ptsentar cainats	welñ(e)	kl(a)ṅkts(i) ṣ (su) akṣār
16	THT 199 a5	taiseṃ terisa vaibhāṣikas käṣṣintas	welñe	kärsanalye ÷ tatsatatvan tu
17	THT 280 a4	7σ /// mṣ· :	welñe	täñ kätkoṣe;pi käṣṣīntse ;
18	THT 296 a5	: a5 se wat	welñe	; klyauṣalñe ; posa
19	THT 345 b3	: kwri twak su	welñe	e /// b4 ///
20	THT 422 a2	/// a2 /// ñ{†ä}	welñe	e /// a3 ///
21	THT 422 b2	/// b2 /// ce	welñe	/// b3 /// träṅko
22	THT 579 b5	• 1 ॥ ce	welñe	klyauṣā /// b6 ///
23	THT 1310 a5	·i re 6 käskor	welñe	7 ketara kartsene entse
24	THT 1482 b4	b4 /// ·ā k·	welñe	ṣṣe – ///
25	THT 1569.d a2	– /// a2 ///	welñe	mā /// a3 ///