yarkesa

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Meaning:	“honor, reference, deference”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yärk
Lexeme variants:	yarkesa; yärkesā; yärkesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-enta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yarke	yärkenta
voc
acc	yarke	yärkenta
gen	yärkentse
loc	yarkene
comit
inst
abl
perl	yarkesa
all	yarkeśc
caus

Lexeme family

• yarke “honor, reference, deference” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	yarke	yärkenta
  acc	yarke	yärkenta
  gen	yärkentse
  loc	yarkene
  perl	yarkesa
  all	yarkeśc

Occurrences

yärkesā

1	THT 285 b5	/// 11σ b5 ;	yärkesā	: pä /// 13σ
2	THT 587.a a2	/// yāṣṣ= ait klyewṣtsī	yärkesā	9 po śaiṣṣentse ///
3	THT 1540.a a4	a4 /// – – ·e	yärkesā	päklyeṣ ñakta twe kuse

yärkesa

1

THT 128 b7

takärṣkñesa ; bodhenäś(c)o ;

yärkesa

• ///

yarkesa

1	IOL Toch 41 a2	/// – kekamu palsko	yarkesa	/// a3 /// (wa)ṣamoñ
2	IOL Toch 691.a a3	• a – nīyam	yarkesa	yamaṣälle 7 – ///
3	PK AS 16.2 b6	ylai-ñäkte bram-ñäktesa warñai (ñ)äb6kteṃts	yarkesa	yamaṣṣälyi t(ākaṃ) tu yäknesa
4	PK NS 80.2 b2	/// b2 ///	(ya)rk(e)sa	prekseṃ kuse te ste
5	THT 22 a7	; yā(mo)rnta : ṣuk-kauñ=	yaa8(rkesa)	; (wa)sa wassi ;
6	THT 31 a3	ramt ; kotaisa ;	yarkesa	wikṣeñcañ : abhijñänta ;
7	THT 31 a6	; putkowä ; wikṣeñca	yarkesa	: srukalñe kauṣeñca ;
8	THT 241 a4	; aräñc täñ ;	yarkesa	ñaś ; winaskau 20
9	THT 1252 b4	b4 /// – ne	yarkesa	70-6 ///
10	U 103 a3	a3 rtnike • 36	yarke(sa)	(ci) ; (winā)skau mn