śāmnane

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Meaning:	“man, person, human”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	śom
Lexeme variants:	śāmnane; śamnane

Number:	plural
Case:	locative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-na

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	śaumo	śāmna	śāmni
voc
acc	śaumoṃ	śāmna	śāmni
gen	śaumontse	śāmnaṃts
loc		śāmnane
comit		śāmnampa
inst
abl		śāmnaś
perl	śaumontsa	śāmnasa
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

śāmnane

1	THT 30 b4	tu yäkne;sa ñakteṃ ;	śāmnane	; śpālmeṃ onolmeṃ :
2	THT 47 b8	/// b8 /// ṣañ	śā(mnane)	treṅka ///
3	THT 64 a2	ṣameṃ : k_use ṣañ	śāmnane	ñke ; prā a3
4	THT 1105 b5	mentsiñe mäsket(ar) mäkte kattāki	śāmna(n)e	///

śamnane

1

b7 /// ṣärmtsā ṣäñ

tä b8 /// ṣṣäṃ