yerpesa

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Meaning:	“disc, [flat] surface [said of the moon, face, mirror]”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yerpe
Lexeme variants:	yerpesa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yerpe
voc
acc	yerpe	yerpeṃ
gen
loc	yerpene
comit
inst
abl	yerpemeṃ
perl	yerpesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• yerpe “disc, [flat] surface [said of the moon, face, mirror]” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	yerpe
  acc	yerpe	yerpeṃ
  loc	yerpene
  abl	yerpemeṃ
  perl	yerpesa

Occurrences

yerpesa

1	IOL Toch 10 a2	ta° a2 /// (tapaki)ṣṣe	yerpesa	śār śwer arkwinäṃ kaumnaṣṣeṃ
2	IOL Toch 10 a4	(mäkte) nauṣ nano tapakiṣṣe	yerpesa	tarya śiriṃ lkāṣṣäṃ a°
3	IOL Toch 10 b2	॥ ñake nano tapakiṣṣe	yerpeb3(sa)	/// (ta)rya asaṃkhyainta lalaskemane
4	PK NS 79.1 a4	(cañcama)n(i)yaine ॥ praṇāde(n)ts(e) ;	yerpesa	; pilko lyeṃssi ;
5	THT 92 b1	/// (॥) (särwānaṣṣe) ;	yerpesa	; meñ pällentn(e) ;