ṣem

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Meaning:“to be”
Word class:verb
Language:TA
Equivalent in TB:nes-
Lexeme variants:ṣem
 
Person:first
Number:singular
Tense/Mood:optative
Root character:non-a-character
Internal root vowel:vowel-full
Stem:imperfect
Valency:intransitive
Voice:active

Paradigm

sg.actpl.actdu.actsg.midpl.middu.mid
1ṣem, ṣem-ciṣemäs
2ṣet, ṣet-ñi
3ṣeṣ-äṃ, ṣeṣ, ṣeṣ-ñi, ṣeṣ-ciṣeñc-äṃ, ṣeñc-äm, ṣeñc

Lexeme family

Occurrences

ṣem

1A 17 a2puṇyavāṃ ṣeṣ säm näṣ ṣem tām praṣt penu näṣ
2A 67 a5näṣ ṣñi klopyo siñäl ṣem ॥ wlā a6 ///
3A 92 a614σ /// rṣant ṣem ; kuyal tu näṣ
4A 135 a6/// a6 /// rpo ṣem : ·i /// b1
5A 217 b4waṣtäṣ laṃtunt ; pälko ṣem näṣ ; ūdūmparṣi ;
6A 313 b4näṣ neṣā ; kärsāl ṣem pracar ; tanne śpālmeṃn
7A 313 b5kalpas näṣ ; wleṣäl ṣem : sälpmāṃ kapśiñño ;
8A 313 b6 o(ntaṃ) ; (lotka)b6l ṣem : 1 puk saṃsārṣinäs
9A 313 b6(kupre) (ne) ; (kärsāl) (ṣem) ; (mā) (lo)b7tkal ṣem
10A 313 b7(ṣem) ; (mā) (lo)b7tkal ṣem ; ṣñ= ākāläṣ :
11A 340 b6näṣ tām praṣt ; ṣem kāruṇyo ; kātyāyane ;
12A 436 a2 ne āptā yāmäl ṣem tmäṣ kospreṃn aśśi kälpāl
13A 436 a2tmäṣ kospreṃn aśśi kälpāl ṣem taṃ /// a3 ///
14A 436 b5paräṃ kälpo nasäl ṣem tanäk ṣakk ats puk
15YQ III.11 b7näṣ aṣṭam konaṃ kälpāl ṣem dakṣinakäs : pärśes
16YQ N.2 and N.6 b4se devadatte ñomā mäśkit ṣe(m) /// b5 ///