śamantär

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Meaning:	“to grow, increase, come into being”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	tsämā-
Lexeme variants:	śamantär; śamaṃtär; śamantarr

Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3					śamantär

Lexeme family

tsämā-
- tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus
  - tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.prs8
    
    sg.act
    
    3 tsmäṣ
  - tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.pret2
    
    pl.mid
    
    3 śaśmānt
  - tsäm- “to increase, cause to grow” kaus.subj9
    - tsmāṣlune “to increase, cause to grow” abstr.n.subj9
      
      sg
      
      nom tsmāṣlune
      
      acc tsmāṣlune
- tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv
  - tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.prs3
    
    pl.mid
    
    3 śamantär
  - tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.subj5
    - tsmālune “to grow, increase, come into being” abstr.n.subj5
      
      sg
      
      nom tsmālune
      
      acc tsmālune
      
      loc tsmāluneyaṃ
  - tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.pret1
    - tsmo “to grow, increase, come into being” part.pret1
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom tsmo, tsmont tsmont tsmont tsmont
      
      acc tsmont tsmont tsmont tsmont

Occurrences

śamantarr

1

: tspont yātluneyo ;

ats ; napeñi :

śamaṃtär

1

A 3 b1

; ykoṃ oṣeñi ;

: mäṃt ne – –