āntsemeṃ

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Meaning:	“shoulder”; “element”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	es
Lexeme variants:	āntsemeṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	ablative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
voc
acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
gen		antseṃts
loc	āntsene
comit
inst
abl	āntsemeṃ
perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āntse “shoulder” “element” m

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
  acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
  gen		antseṃts
  loc	āntsene
  abl	āntsemeṃ
  perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa

  • antseṣṣe “pertaining to the skandhas”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	antseṣṣe
    acc	antseṣṣe	antseṣṣai

Occurrences

āntsemeṃ

1	THT 3 a8	āntseṃ karākna : ṣem=	ā(ntseme)ṃ	; stāna – – – 3σ
2	THT 3 a8	(tri)cemeṃ ypoyi : śtarc=	āntsemeṃ	ostmeṃ lt(w)eṣ ; (p)iṅc=
3	THT 3 a8	ostmeṃ lt(w)eṣ ; (p)iṅc=	āntsemeṃ	l(w)ā(sa) b1 90-2