yolaiṃ

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Meaning:	“bad, evil”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	umparäñ
Lexeme variants:	yolaiṃ; yolaiṃno; yolon; yoloynä; yolaino; yolainä; yolain; yolai=
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-aiṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-aiñ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	yolo		yolaiñ	yolaina
voc
acc	yolaiṃ	yolyiyai		yolaina
gen	yolopi			yolainaṃts
loc	yolainne
comit	yolaimpa
inst
abl	yolomeṃ
perl	yolaiṃtsa, yolosa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• yolo “bad, evil”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	yolo		yolaiñ	yolaina
  acc	yolaiṃ	yolyiyai		yolaina
  gen	yolopi			yolainaṃts
  loc	yolainne
  comit	yolaimpa
  abl	yolomeṃ
  perl	yolaiṃtsa, yolosa

  • yolaiññe “evil, malice” n

    	sg	pl
    nom	yolaiññe	yolaiññenta
    acc	yolaiññe	yolaiññenta
    abl	yolaiññemeṃ
    perl	yolaiññesa

Occurrences

yolaiṃ

1	IOL Toch 5 b5	: walo māga;(tṣe) b5	yolaiṃ	; wāṣmots ṣeṣar;tu kausa
2	IOL Toch 78 b4	/// b4 /// ;	(yo)laiṃ	yāmor mā palyka :
3	IOL Toch 151 b4	wentsi mā yotonträ :	yolaiṃ	klyauseṃ /// b5 ///
4	IOL Toch 307 b5	; yāmorne ; kreṃnt	yolaiṃ	wat : papālaṣ cau
5	IOL Toch 708 b3	/// b3 /// taiknesa	yolaiṃ	/// b4 /// °mo
6	Kz-211-ZS-R-06 a5	– – rk·· – :	yolai(ṃ)	(yo)lai(y)ñ(e) ·o pṣa kka
7	PK AS 4A a1	; (yā)morne ; kreṃnt	yolai(ṃ)	(wat) (:) (pa)pālaṣ {cau}
8	PK AS 7A a1	a1 /// ;	yolai{ṃ}	yāmor ; yamasträ :
9	PK AS 7A a3	warñai ; nraintane :	yolaiṃ	(wā)ṣmoṃts ; ṣarmtsa cai
10	PK NS 28 b3	; yāmorne ; (k)r(ent)	(yolaiṃ)	(wat) /// 4σ ;
11	PK NS 49B a4	kuce yāmor yamant(rä) kreṃn(t)	yolaiṃ	cwīk yā(morntse) /// a5
12	PK NS 80.2 a4	a4 /// °ñca kreṃt	yolaiṃ	ytariṣṣana ṣ()o(t)r(una) /// a5
13	THT 16 b7	; wab7(te) (yāmṣäṃ) ;	(yolaiṃ)	(yāmor) ; (ā)ntpi nraine
14	THT 18 a3	; wate yāmṣäṃ ;	yolaiṃ	yāmor ; (āntpi) (nraine)
15	THT 18 b3	15σ 5σ /// ;	yolai(ṃ)	pällātär ; spärkau pilko
16	THT 20 b5	; ākṣa tarya ;	yolaiṃ	reki ; wiśsisa :
17	THT 21 a2	wnolmi ; yamantär krent	yo(laiṃ)	(yāmor) ; /// 7σ
18	THT 21 a4	; aa4(jātaśat,ru) 2σ ///	(yo)laiṃ	wāṣmontse ; devadatti ;
19	THT 42 b6	ost cau po ;	yolaiṃ	weresa 20-7 cwi ra
20	THT 119 a6	yolopi mentsi • krent	y{a→o}laiṃ	camelne cmelñentse /// (a)a7miśke
21	THT 308 a2	• mā l(āre) yamītär	yolaiṃ	waṣamoṃ • na bhaje
22	THT 1304 b1	/// b1 /// ṣeṣṣīrkusa	yolaiṃ	• po y· ///
23	THT 1310 a3	/// a3 /// yparwe	yolaiṃ	waṣamontaimpa eṣe tri(w)ālñe –

yolaiṃno

1

THT 406 a4

; reki weṃ kca

yolaiṃno

• wentsi akn· ///

yolain

1	PK AS 7C a2	ṣemi ksa wnolmi ;	yolain	yāmor ; yamanträ :
2	PK AS 7G b4	; tänmaskenträ ; lkātsi	yolain	; mäskenträ : ścireñ
3	PK AS 7G b5	śconai-yparwe ; duśśīlñesa ;	yolain	yāmor ; yāmoṣä :
4	THT 19 b3	; mantanta tarko(y) ;	(y)olain	reki ; /// b4
5	THT 128 a1	• mā ra tsa	yolain	; y(ā)m(o)r yamīträ ;
6	THT 522 b2	·ts· /// b2 ·ṣeñcantse	yolain	oko kauc pokaine taläṣṣī-ne
7	THT 557 b6	tākoṃ : 3 kreṃnt	yolain	o(ko) ///
8	THT 1228 a2	/// a2 /// klyantsa	yolain	wäntre śckai yno ysu
9	THT 1563.q b3	/// ·e – se	yolain	y· ///

yolainä

1	IOL Toch 1244 b5	/// b5 ///	(yo)lainä	kärttsewñe(sa) – – – /// b6
2	PK AS 7C b4	; yāmtär yāmor ;	yob5lainä	10-9 sū cew yāmorsa

yolon

1

THT 273 a3

wärmeṃ pwār rā māka

yolon

; preke(ne) (twe) ;

yoloynä

1

THT 255 a6

keṃ ma tällaṃ ;

yoloynä

; ṣek wänträ no

yolaino

1

THT 128 a6

yāmor ; kwri twe

yolaino

; oko tu(nts)e ;

yolai=

1

PK NS 49B b3

(makā-y)kn(e) 20-5 te-yknesa yām(o)r

y(o)lai=

no /// b4 ///