sewās

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Meaning:	“son”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	soy
Lexeme variants:	sewās; sewāss
Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
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

sewās

1	A 62 a2	neṣ : 1 kāpñes	sewās	; āntiṣpur ; sne
2	A 64 b2	ṣpät ñemintu ; wälts	seb3(wās)	; (wälts) (lāntsās) (wä)lts
3	A 81 a1	ṣakk ats śla wasäṃ	sewās	ṣ· ā /// a2
4	A 128 and 130 a4	/// (wä)a4lts atra-t(am)p(e)s (mṣapa)ntinäs	sewās	• ṣpät ñemintu śtwar
5	A 155 a5	/// mācar tāṣ ṣñi	sewās	särkiñco lo śwāṣ mäṃt
6	A 311 b6	18σ b6 śäṃ ;	sewās	yats {:} tspäṅkässi wsāṣtär
7	A 350 a3	/// ṣyak śäṃ	sewā(s)	ckācräsaśśäl /// a4 ///
8	A 356 b1	putti(śparṣiṃ) (ā)kālyo kāpñe āriñcṣinäs	sewās	pr(a)mn(e) (el) b2 wäs
9	YQ III.6 a7	aa7(pärkär) 9σ 7σ ///	s(e)wās	; kälpinträ : tsälpiñc

sewāss

1	A 62 a6	/// (:) päñ-cmolwāṣnis ;	sewāss	āk ; opyāc källāt
2	THT 1380.h a1	a1 ///	sewāss	oki /// a2 ///