ṣmāwā

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Meaning:	“to sit, remain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ṣäm-
Lexeme variants:	ṣmāwā
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	ṣmāwā
2		ṣmac
3	ṣmā, ṣmäṣ, ṣmäṣ-ñi	ṣmeñc

Lexeme family

• ṣäm-
  • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv
    • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ṣmāwā
      2		ṣmac
      3	ṣmā, ṣmäṣ, ṣmäṣ-ñi	ṣmeñc

      • ṣmäl “to sit, remain” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣmäl

      • ṣmānt “to sit, remain” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m
        acc	ṣmāntāṃ

      • ṣämtsi “to sit, remain” inf.n.prs2

        	sg
        nom	ṣämtsi
        acc	ṣämtsi

Occurrences

ṣmāwā

1

A 91 b5

mā te ; näṣ

ṣmāb6(wā)

9σ 13σ /// w(r)amäṃ