werwiyesa

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Meaning:	“garden”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	warpi
Lexeme variants:	werwiyesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	werwiye, werwye
voc
acc	werwiye, werwye
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	werwiyesa
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

werwiyesa

1	HWB 74(4) a6	käṃnte pśā a6 ptamaṣṣe	werwiyesa	kweṃtokomeṃ pautkeṣe cāneṃ kälwāwa
2	HWB 74(4) a7	(wiltse) a7 olyīśkāṣṣe śiṅkeñe	werwiyesa	cāñi tarsse ṣuk känte
3	HWB 74(4) a9	(käṃ)te a9 meśiñes sitetse	werwiyesa	pautkeṣi cāñi wilts(e) a10