sewāñ

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Meaning:	“son”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	soy
Lexeme variants:	sewāñ; sewāññ
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-āñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	se	sewāñ
voc
acc	se	sewās
gen		sewāśśi
loc	seyaṃ
comit		sewāsaśśäl
inst	seyo
abl	seyäṣ
perl	seyā
all	seyacc
caus

Lexeme family

• se “son” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	se	sewāñ
  acc	se	sewās
  gen		sewāśśi
  loc	seyaṃ
  comit		sewāsaśśäl
  inst	seyo
  abl	seyäṣ
  perl	seyā
  all	seyacc

  • seyaṣi “of the son”

    	sg.m
    nom	seyaṣi
    acc	seyaṣiṃ, seyaṣi

  • sewāṣi “of sons”

    	sg.m
    acc	sewāṣiṃ

Occurrences

sewāñ

1	A 14 a5	pracar mā śäṃ mā	sewāñ	mā waṣt mā niṣpa
2	A 81 a2	/// ·päñ känt āmāśāśśi	sewāñ	bodhisatv· /// a3 ///
3	A 90 b1	b1 /// ·ts· t	sewāñ	ckācri tākar-äṃ taṃne wkänyo
4	A 118 a3	amṛdodaṃ • ñomā śtwar	sewāñ	tākar-äṃ • śuddhā a4
5	A 169 b5	pki – – – – – – – – – ·e tñi	sewāñ	/// b6 – – – – – – – pācar
6	A 212 b2	1 ॥ ślak śkaṃ	sewāñ	näṣ caṣ dakṣiṇāpath kälymeyaṃ
7	A 262 b7	rse sne yäṣ· ///	(se)b8wāñ	pācri oki ālam wcanis
8	A 285 a3	/// kā – ·m·	s(e)wāñ	ś·w· /// a4 ///
9	A 294 b4	b4 /// ñcäśśi	se(wāñ)	///
10	A 360 a7	nirāśravā । mā nu	sewāñ	a8 /// rayaty atisṛtavāṃ
11	YQ I.4 b1	cacluräṣ träṅkäṣ ṣu picäs	sewāñ	psesāc-ñi ku° b2 ///
12	YQ II.3 a6	yärṣlune yaträ klyoṣās nṣäṣ	sewāñ	ñäktes weñlune • pälkāc
13	YQ II.4 a8	1 ॥ śla-k śkaṃ	sewāñ	näṣ caṣ dakṣiṇāpath kälymeyaṃ
14	YQ II.5 b5	ñemiṣiṃ praṅkā kakmuṣ yas	sewāñ	: b6 /// yomnāc
15	YQ II.7 b2	klyob2(m) (metrak) /// (kā)su	sewāñ	maśkaṃ yas umpar yac
16	YQ II.7 b3	kälkāc tämyo kāsu pyāmäs	sewāñ	mänt ne orkmäṣ lyukśoneyac

sewāññ

1

A 144 and THT 2485 b2

yatsy= āmpi ; lānt

sew(ā)ññ

āmpi : kaṣ ka