were

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Meaning:	“smell, odor”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	war
Lexeme variants:	were
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	were
voc
acc	were
gen
loc	werene
comit		wereṃmpa
inst
abl		wereṃmeṃ
perl	weresa
all	wereśc
caus

Lexeme family

• wärā-
  • wärā- “to smell” gv
    • were “smell, odor” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	were
      acc	were
      loc	werene
      comit		wereṃmpa
      abl		wereṃmeṃ
      perl	weresa
      all	wereśc

    • wärā- “to smell” gv.subj5
      • wrātsi “to smell” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wrātsi
        acc	wrātsi

  • wärsk-
    • wärsk- “to smell” gv
      • wärsk- “to smell” gv.prs2

        	sg.act	pl.act
        3	warṣṣäṃ, warṣäṃ-ne	warskeṃ

        • warskemane “smelling” part.prs2

          	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
          nom	warskemane	warskemane	warskemane	warskemane
          acc	warskemane	warskemane	warskemane	warskemane

      • wärsk- “to smell” gv.pret1

        	pl.mid
        3	wärskānte

      • wärsk- “to smell” gv.subj2
        • warstsi “to smell” inf.n.subj2

          	sg
          nom	warstsi
          acc	warstsi

Occurrences

were

1	IOL Toch 178 a8	·ā ·e s·· ··ṃ	were	yauṣ(m)auṣ po je(tavaṃ) ///
2	IOL Toch 491 a2	weśeññai • meli •	were	a3 /// l·ttse •
3	IOL Toch 491 a4	a4 /// °lya meleṃtsa	were	• ka° b1 ///
4	IOL Toch 719 a2	a2 /// °ñä lykaśke	were	– /// a3 ///
5	PK AS 7H b3	ṣarmtsa : koynameṃ yolo	were	; onolments aunasträ wrātsi
6	PK AS 7M a1	/// – (yamo)rntantso ;	were	wräntsai wa(rskalle) kwrell{a→e} srukelle
7	PK AS 7N a2	kektseñmeṃ c(p)i a2 karttse	were	yaṃ kektseñmeṃ cpi yolo
8	PK AS 7N a2	kälymi-kälymi ṣäp cpi papāṣṣorñeṣe	were	kartts{e} ya(ṃ) a3 cañcarona
9	PK AS 9C b2	b2 /// läkle-preñca •	were	śco(naine) /// b3 ///
10	PK AS 17H a5	cäñcre-were ñäkcyana : wlāskeṃ	were	kek(ts)eñmeṃ ; täṅwassu taṅw
11	PK NS 36 and 20 b4	akālkäṣṣe retke no ;	were	t(e) /// (1) b5
12	PK NS 109 b1	11σ /// 4σ ;	wer(e)	tañ ; yaṃ kälym(i)ntsa
13	THT 30 b2	·t· ysāṣṣe 20-8 śle	were	po ; kleśanma ;
14	THT 33 a4	; retke yāmträ ;	were	te ; pūwar tsakṣäṃ
15	THT 51 a7	12σ /// kte yarm	were	ta a8 1σ 3σ
16	THT 94 a1	; (retke) (no) ;	(were)	a2 te ramt
17	THT 176 b5	• gan(dha)rvaś ca •	were	śawāñca /// b6 cedaṃ
18	THT 282 a5	parwāne auloṣsā : päpä	were	; trikoṣ kleśa a6
19	THT 300 a2	a2 /// pyapyaimeṃ ere	were	mā mī /// a3
20	THT 300 b2	/// no cmītär astre	were	päls(k)o /// b3 ///
21	THT 308 b6	• piltāsa rano kärtse	were	• sad evaṃ saṃgamāt
22	THT 376 a3	॥ /// a3 ///	were	lnaṣṣi-ne candāṃ were ///
23	THT 376 a3	/// were lnaṣṣi-ne candāṃ	were	/// a4 /// ts{†ä}
24	THT 1536.c a2	a2 /// – pap	were	po saṃsā a3 ///
25	THT 3279 b3	b3 /// ñcañ :	were	śuke ta /// b4
26	W 3 b4	päkṣalle pralle • syālñe	(were)	(nakṣäṃ) b5 – – –
27	W 5 b2	b2 – – – • syālle	were	nakṣäṃ ॥ kaṣṣu •