werpiśkene

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Meaning:	“garden”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	warpiśke
Lexeme variants:	werpiśkene
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	werpiśke
voc
acc	werpiśke
gen
loc	werpiśkene
comit
inst
abl
perl	werpiśkesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wārpā-
  • yarpär “~ enclosure”

    	sg	pl
    nom	yarpär	yärparwa
    acc	yarpär	yärparwa

  • wārpā- “to surround” gv
    • werwiye “garden”

      	sg
      nom	werwiye, werwye
      acc	werwiye, werwye
      perl	werwiyesa

      • werpiśke “garden” m

        	sg
        nom	werpiśke
        acc	werpiśke
        loc	werpiśkene
        perl	werpiśkesa

        • werpiśkatstse “gardener [lit. one having a garden]”

          	sg.m
          nom	werpiśkatstse
          acc	werpiśkacce

        • werpiśkaṣṣe “pertaining to a garden”

          	sg.m
          nom	werpiśkaṣṣe
          acc	werpiśkaṣṣe

    • wārpā- “to surround” gv.pret1
      • wawārpau “having been surrounded” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wawārpaṣ, wawārpau	wawārpaṣ
        acc	wawārpaṣ	wawārpaṣ

Occurrences

werpiśkene

1	PK AS 12A b3	säkwä cäpi ye ///	(werpi)b4śkene	läñi • ñke =rwe
2	THT 589 a2	/// wināṣṣälñeṣṣe yarkeś vicitr(a)puṣpä	werpiśken(e)	pyapyaiṃ pässakäntasa y(ai)a3(toṣ) ///