nṣaṃ

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Meaning:	“I, me”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	ñäś
Lexeme variants:	nṣaṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
voc
acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
comit	nṣaśśäl
inst
abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac
caus

Lexeme family

• näṣ “I, me” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  acc	näṣ, ñuk, nṣ-äkk	was, was-äk
  gen	nāñi, ñi	wasäṃ
  loc	nṣaṃ, nṣan-äk	wasaṃ
  comit	nṣaśśäl
  abl	nṣäṣ, ñukäṣ	wasäṣ
  perl	nṣā	wasā, wasā-k
  all	nṣac, ñukac	wasac

Occurrences

nṣaṃ

1	A 6 a4	wätkässi ṣokyo nu yaṃtrācāre	nṣaṃ	pukolyune – – a5 – –
2	A 116 b3	ñi wewñunt pättāññäkte märkampalis	nṣaṃ	ānewātsuneyā b4 /// trä
3	A 201 a3	a3 – – knu tñi	nṣaṃ	tuṅk /// a4 –
4	A 230 a5	ṣpärkāṣlune ; mar ñi	nṣaṃ	; – ntsū tāṣ
5	A 230 b4	mā tām ; yomu	nṣaṃ	; arthä(ntu) (60) ///
6	A 327 b5	/// tär täṣ nu	nṣaṃ	tiri • ॥ ///
7	A 331 b7	kuyalte ceṣ ṣome wiccaṃ	nṣaṃ	natyo /// b8
8	A 365 a4	pärko kus ne nu	nṣaṃ	papräku säm । – – – – – –
9	THT 1606.d b2	lyn· ype ·ā –	nṣaṃ	: tä ·eṃ ///
10	THT 3390 b1	/// b1 /// kä	nṣaṃ	– ///