yolyiyai

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Meaning:	“bad, evil”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	umparäñ
Lexeme variants:	yolyiyai; yolyai; yolyye; yolyyai
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	feminine
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

yolyai

1	THT 588 b7	/// ; (mā) (ta)ñ{†ä}	yolyai	imaimeṃ ; prosko nesäṃ
2	THT 1540.g a3	/// – tākom ñaś	yolyai	·ä maiyä l·e ///

yolyye

1

THT 128 b5

/// b5 ; yatt

yolyye

yamai ; waṣämñeṣṣe ;

yolyiyai

1	IOL Toch 43 a2	kartsai yamai ynemane rano	yolyiyai	y(amai) /// a3
2	PK AS 16.9.1 a3	mä(kte) /// a3 ///	(yo)lyiyai	mäkte ñ(a)k(e) /// a4
3	THT 119 a7	räs(kr)e (•) se y(am)	yolyiyai	ñä(ś) (ya)mai /// (krenta)
4	THT 4001 a4	a4 ce eśkulke wene	yol(yi)yai	kestätsai preścaiyaine pātär m(ā)tärmeṃ

yolyyai

1	PK NS 112 a3	(kä)stwer : tān ot	yolyyai	preśyaine läa4(klenta) /// darinne
2	THT 238 a1	a1 /// mpyāsta	yolyyai	onolmeṃ apāyntameṃ kauc panatsi