śeśśamu

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Meaning:	“having placed”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	śeśśamu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-u
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	śeśśamoṣ, śeśśamu		śeśśamoṣ
voc
acc	śeśśamoṣ		śeśśamoṣ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• stämā-
  • stäm- “to put, place” kaus
    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	stamäst
      3	stamäṣṣäṃ	stamäṣyeṃ, stämäskeṃ

      • stamäṣṣälle “to be put, placed” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	stamäṣṣälle	stamäṣṣälyi

    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      2	śāmasta	ścāmātai

    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.pret4

      	sg.mid
      2	stämäṣṣatai-ne

    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.pret1

      	sg.act
      1	ṣṭamāwa, ṣṭamāwa-ne

      • śeśśamu “having placed” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	śeśśamoṣ, śeśśamu	śeśśamoṣ
        acc	śeśśamoṣ	śeśśamoṣ

        • śeśśamor “placing” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	śeśśamor
          acc	śeśśamor
          abl	śeśśamormeṃ

    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act	sg.mid
      2	päścama	pśīmar

    • stäm- “to put, place” kaus.subj9b
      • stamäṣṣälñe “to put, place” abstr.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	stamäṣṣälñe
        acc	stamäṣṣälñe

  • stämā- “to stand” “to adhere to (+ loc.)” gv
    • ścmoñña “standing, establishment, foundation, place” f

      	sg
      nom	ścmoñña
      acc	ścmoññai

      • ścmoñaṣṣe “pertaining to the place, basis, foundation”

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	ścmoñaṣṣe
        acc	ścmoñaṣṣe	śmoñaṣṣeṃ

    • stämā- “to stand” “to adhere to (+ loc.)” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	stamoym
      3	stamoy, stāmaṃ	stämoṃ

      • stamatsi “standing, to stand” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	stamatsi
        acc	stamatsi

      • stamalñe “establishment, duration, continuation, persistence” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	stamalñe
        acc	stamalñe

        • stamalñeṣṣe “pertaining to establishment, duration, continuation, persistence” subj5

          	sg.m
          nom	stamalñeṣṣe
          acc	stamalñeṣṣe

    • stämā- “to stand” “to adhere to (+ loc.)” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	du.act
      1	śimāwa
      2	ścmasta
      3	śama, ścmā-c, ścmā-ne	śimāre, śimāre-ne	stāmais

      • stmau “having stood” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	stmoṣ, stmau	stmoṣ
        acc	stmoṣ	stmoṣ

        • stmor “standing, placing” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	stmor
          acc	stmor
          abl	stmormeṃ

  • stemiye “a tune: 4343 (4x)” “standing, stage, status” msg

    	sg
    nom	stemiye
    acc	stemi

Occurrences

śeśśamu

1	IOL Toch 23 a8	(t)oṃ (ta)lānta arṣāklaṃ īme	śeś(ś)amu	yaṃ – /// b1
2	PK AS 17A a4	yumāne tatāka(r) (w)ekārsasa pilko	śeśśamu	weṣṣäṃ ॥ putropatne ॥
3	PK AS 17H b2	cab2kravārtti walo wertsiyaisa pilko	śeśśa(mu)	(weṣṣäṃ) ॥ vanaprav(e)śn(e) ॥
4	PK AS 17K b3	śukecce pib3lko kañcanaprabhai (mñ)cuṣkaisa	ś(e)śśam(u)	ṣañ-añmämpa ka weṣṣäṃ ॥
5	PK NS 80.2 a3	/// (ca)ndrabhāsuṃ lāṃtsa pilko	śeśśa(mu)	/// a4 /// °ñca