śāmñana

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Meaning:	“human (as opposed to divine)”; “humanity, human existence”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	śāmñana; śamñana
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	śāmñe			śāmñana
voc
acc	śāmñe	śāmñai		śāmñana
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	śāmñesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• śaumo “man, person, human” m
  • yśāmna “among men, human beings”
  • śaumoṣṣe “man, person, human”

    	sg.m
    nom	śaumoṣṣe
    acc	śaumoṣṣe
    gen	śaumoṣṣepi

  • śāmñe “human (as opposed to divine)” “humanity, human existence”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
    nom	śāmñe		śāmñana
    acc	śāmñe	śāmñai	śāmñana
    perl	śāmñesa

    • śamñeṣṣe “human”

      	sg.m
      nom	śamñeṣṣe
      acc	śamñeṣṣe

    • śamñāṃśka “girl” f

      	sg
      nom	śamñāṃśka
      acc	śamñāṃśkai

Occurrences

śāmñana

1	IOL Toch 4 b5	ñiś yāmorṣṣe śerkne ñäkcīyana	śāmñana	rūpanma sätkasamai taisa nrai
2	PK AS 7L b1	• kau /// b1	śāmñana	ersnasa śai – ;
3	THT 18 a5	/// 14σ /// ;	(śā)mñana	: pernent wnolmene ;
4	THT 559.1 a5	yamasträ tune mäsketrä •	śāmñana	āsta taiysa kwrāṣäṃ ṣe
5	THT 1262 a4	e /// a4 ntsa	śāmñana	pikwal olypo känt· ///

śamñana

1	PK AS 8C a7	wī aulareṃ eweta tarkatsi	śamñana	wī kwrāṣäṃ tainaisäñ ñemtsa
2	THT 16 b8	; /// 12σ ///	(śamñana)	(:) (pernent) (wnolmene) ;