werwye

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Meaning:	“garden”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	warpi
Lexeme variants:	werwye
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
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

werwye

1	Kizil WD-I-a4 a1	a1 śtarce ikäṃ-wine yketseṃne	we(rwye)	y(a)maskemane ysāre(ṣ)e(ṃ) kapyāres ṣarwaiṃ
2	Kz-17-ZS-R-01.04 a1	a1 /// – –	w(er)wye	nm· ne tvī kse
3	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a32	eṅku ste koroytse patarye	werwye	saṅkantse peria33sa ṣoṅkseś eñcil
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a38	cinasenentse ṣañ pakeṣṣe a38	werwye	lalāṣusai ysārempa lau sampāte
5	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a44	– ·i (ci)nasenetse sassāmpaṣ	we(r)wy(e)	putt(e)w(a)nt(e) y(au)k(a) (ś)k(a) sp(an)tai
6	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a56	ce pikultsa puttewante ṣtakkalea56ntse	werwye	lau sampātte āṃśintse eñcil
7	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a101	• ce akaumt{s}e ṣewisa	werwy(e)	e·s· /// a102 kalpa