śanweṃ

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Meaning:	“jaws”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	śanweṃ; śaṃweṃ
Number:	dual
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom			śanweṃ
voc
acc			śanweṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst			śanweṃyo
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• śanweṃ “jaws” f

  	du
  nom	śanweṃ
  acc	śanweṃ
  inst	śanweṃyo

Occurrences

śanweṃ

1	A 213 a6	ā(r)ky(aṃ)ś āṅkari 20-4 śiśak	śanweṃ	(20-)5 tspokant tspokaṣinās wākmant
2	A 292 a6	oki wärtsāñ prākraṃ akritraṃ	śanweṃ	wikipäñpint la(kṣaṃ) (20-5) ///
3	YQ II.5 a3	(ārkyaṃś) āṅkari 20-4 śiśäk	śanweṃ	20-5 tspokats tspokaṣināa4(s) (wākmant)
4	YQ II.10 a8	; tspokṣinās : śiśkināñ	śab1(nweṃ)	; 13σ /// ;

śaṃweṃ

1

A 217 b2

ś(i)śkiss oki ; w(ā)kmtsaṃ

śaṃweṃ

; aṣūk malañ ;