śerwi

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Meaning:	“hunter”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	śaru
Lexeme variants:	śerwi; śeruwi
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	śerwe	śerwi
voc
acc		śerweṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• śerwe “hunter” m

  	sg	pl
  nom	śerwe	śerwi
  acc		śerweṃ

  • śerwäññe “pertaining to a hunter”

    	sg.m
    nom	śerwäññe
    acc	śerwäññe

Occurrences

śerwi

1	IOL Toch 214 a4	su-k cī ṣerpsa kawa(r)	śerwi	/// a5 /// ya
2	THT 1193 and 2247 a3	/// a3 /// 7	śerwi	werkene lwasaś wiyai tärkanträ

śeruwi

1

IOL Toch 486 b2

b2 /// – nte

śeruwi

lyśi /// b3 ///