witsakai

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Meaning:	“root”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	tsmār
Lexeme variants:	witsakai; witsäkai; witskai
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	witsako
voc
acc	witsakai	witsakaṃ
gen		witsakaṃts
loc
comit		witsakaṃmpa
inst
abl
perl	witsakaisa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• witsako “root” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	witsako
  acc	witsakai	witsakaṃ
  gen		witsakaṃts
  comit		witsakaṃmpa
  perl	witsakaisa

  • witsakaṃṣṣe “pertaining to roots”

    	sg.m
    nom	witsakaṃṣṣe
    acc	witsakaṃṣṣe

Occurrences

witsäkai

1

THT 284 b7

; po läklen{ta}ts ;

witsäkai

: cämel wätkāl ste

witskai

1	PK AS 7C b2	tumeṃ ṣpä : eṃṣketse	witskai	; rassalñe b3
2	PK AS 7O b1	a /// b1 ///	witskai	preṅke ysomo yolaiñentaṃts ya

witsakai

1	IOL Toch 69 b3	°ke ṅke ñäś śle	witsa(kai)	/// b4 snai mattsi
2	IOL Toch 213 b3	b3 /// – mantse	witsakai	ylāryai yamasträ • tusa
3	PK AS 1A b2	mūlam yśelme aikemar tañ	witsab3kai	: (saṃka)l(pāt) (kāma) (jāya)se
4	PK NS 13 and 516 a3	t(ā)u /// a3 ///	witsakai	wat • śu –
5	THT 94 a4	(ṅke) (ñäś) a4 śle	witsakai	päst nkema(r) /// a5
6	THT 1244 a3	a3 /// 3 ॥	witsakai	/// a4 /// me
7	THT 1448 a4	/// a4 /// (snai)	(wit)s(a)kai	pār(āśaiṣṣe) traṅkosa cotit yamaṣṣä(ṃ)