śāwes

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Meaning:	“big”; “immense”; “horrible”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	orotstse
Lexeme variants:	śāwes
Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
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
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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

śāwes

1	A 1 b4	lānt lāñci waṣt pāṣäntās	śāwes	empeles (n)ā(kā)b5s āsuk kätkoräṣ
2	A 3 a2	nātsu amok tämyo täm	śāwes	käṣṣiśśi taṃne wewñu ॥
3	A 15 b3	kropñāt ॥ prajñavāṃ penu	śāwes	śāwes dhanis śriṣṭhis knānmune(yo)
4	A 15 b3	॥ prajñavāṃ penu śāwes	śāwes	dhanis śriṣṭhis knānmune(yo) b4
5	A 43 and 52 a4	; täa4pres paltsasyo ;	śāwes	/// 13σ 1σ ///
6	A 215 b5	wotka-m ॥ purṇabhadre träṅkäṣ	śāwes	ñä /// b6 ///
7	A 232 a1	saṃ ; lke	śāwes	; bodhisatvās ; māk
8	A 311 b3	wyāräs wleṣiträ : kursär	śāwes	; puk ñemiṣnäs ;
9	YQ I.7 a4	(wo)tka-m ॥ purṇabhadre träṅkäṣ	śāwes	ñäktasā täṣ säs wram
10	YQ II.7 a3	/// y(i)ñc sne yärm	śāwes	kalpsaṃ tampewātsäṃ wärṣṣältsäṃ maiträa4(yo)
11	YQ II.14 b5	wraṃ ob5(ki) /// ॥	śāwes	ñäktasyo prutäk puk eprer