swase

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Meaning:	“rain”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	swese
Lexeme variants:	swase
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	swase
voc
acc	swase
gen	swaseyis
loc
comit
inst	swaseyo
abl
perl
all
caus

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

swase

1	A 222 a3	; māsäṃśāt-äm ; want	swase	: mā cesmi (śkaṃ)
2	A 239 a1	a1 śātäm ; want	swase	: mā cesmi śkaṃ
3	A 391 a6	; wika – :	swase	mät ne – – 1σ