sawr-äm

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Meaning:	“to rain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	suwā-
Lexeme variants:	sawr-äm
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Pronoun suffix:	plural
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	1
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3		sawär, sawr-äm, swiñc

Lexeme family

• suwā-
  • suw- “to let rain” kaus
    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act
      3	swāsäṣ, swāsäṣ-ñi

      • swāṣant “raining” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	swāṣant	swāṣant
        acc	swāṣṣantāṃ	swāṣṣantāṃ

      • swāsäsmāṃ “to let rain” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ
        acc	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ	swāsäsmāṃ

  • suwā- “to rain” gv
    • swase “rain” msg

      	sg
      nom	swase
      acc	swase
      gen	swaseyis
      inst	swaseyo

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.prs1

      	pl.act
      3	sawär, sawr-äm, swiñc

      • sūmāṃ “raining” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ
        acc	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ	sūmāṃ

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.pret1

      	pl.act
      3	swāsar

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.subj5
      • swāslune “to rain” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	swāslune
        acc	swāslune

Occurrences

sawr-äm

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A 298 a4

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sawr-äm

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