śāwe

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Meaning:	“big”; “immense”; “horrible”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	orotstse
Lexeme variants:	śāwe; śāwy
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	tsopats	tsopatsi	śāwe	śāwaṃ
voc
acc	tsopatsäṃ	tsoptsāṃ	śāwes
gen	tsoptsāp
loc			śāwesaṃ
comit
inst				śāwaṃnyo
abl			śāwesäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• tsopats “big” “immense” “horrible”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	tsopats	tsopatsi	śāwe	śāwaṃ
  acc	tsopatsäṃ	tsoptsāṃ	śāwes
  gen	tsoptsāp
  loc			śāwesaṃ
  inst				śāwaṃnyo
  abl			śāwesäṣ

  • tsoptsune “size, greatness” n

    	sg
    perl	tsoptsuneyā

Occurrences

śāwy

1

A 22 b3

; {t→n}ākeñi lāṃś ;

śāwy

asurāñ ; b4 – – – –

śāwe

1	A 41 a1	a1 tpär	śāwe	: kārāśänw oki sä·i
2	A 41 b2	/// (e)b2ll āyit :	śāwe	pretāñ /// b3 ñuk
3	A 44 b4	/// (mä)b4nwā ṣulaññ oki	śā(we)	/// b5 k ṣäptuk
4	A 49 a1	; ṣom-cmolṣy ats ;	śāwe	moki /// a2
5	A 49 b6	॥ kupre pat nu	(śāw)e	śarirumäṣ wyāri neñc puk
6	A 63 b2	krañcäṃ swārtwlune yomuṣ pältskumäṣ	śāwe	ñäktab3(ñ) (asurāñ) yakṣeñi tāśśi
7	A 312 a3	॥ tmäṣ prasenajinäṣṣ aci	śāwe	lāṃś bimba(sārnä)a4ṣṣ aci wāskāñ
8	A 312 b5	; ñañwārr oki ;	śāwe	kumci ; tkaṃ eprer
9	A 334 a4	/// a4 näṣṣ aci	śāwe	nākeñi l· – – ṣt{†ä}