ṣärmameṃ

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Meaning:	“cause”; “origin, basis, ground”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣurm
Lexeme variants:	ṣärmameṃ; ṣärmämeṃ; ṣarmmeṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	ablative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ana

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ṣarm	ṣarmna
voc
acc	ṣarm	ṣarmna
gen
loc		ṣärmnane
comit
inst
abl	ṣärmameṃ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ṣarm “cause” “origin, basis, ground” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	ṣarm	ṣarmna
  acc	ṣarm	ṣarmna
  loc		ṣärmnane
  abl	ṣärmameṃ

Occurrences

ṣärmämeṃ

1

THT 148 a3

iti ca jñeya •

ṣärmämeṃ

tsäṅkalyñe te mänt kärsänaa4lle

ṣärmameṃ

1	IOL Toch 161 b2	– /// b2 ///	(ṣä)rmameṃ	nano ṣkas yälloñ cwī
2	IOL Toch 193 b6	wä – – ts· skeyeṃ	ṣärmameṃ	pälsko pä° ///
3	IOL Toch 213 b6	saṃsār ste • aknātsañetse	ṣärmameṃ	skeyi • skeyeṃ ṣärmameṃ
4	IOL Toch 213 b6	ṣärmameṃ skeyi • skeyeṃ	ṣärmameṃ	///
5	IOL Toch 246 b3	kercyenne yaṃ parna tu-yknesa	ṣärmameṃ	pāyti 80-2 kuse ṣamāne
6	IOL Toch 307 b2	: waib2yk(e) reki ;	ṣärmameṃ	; kuse tetemoṣ ;
7	IOL Toch 734 a1	a1 ///	(ṣä)rmameṃ	camel • cme° ///
8	IOL Toch 734 b3	/// b3 /// °ts	ṣärmameṃ	takä(lñe) ///
9	IOL Toch 737 a3	/// a3 /// °lñe	ṣä(rmameṃ)	/// a4 /// ṣärmameṃ
10	IOL Toch 737 a4	ṣä(rmameṃ) /// a4 ///	ṣärmameṃ	eṅ(kalñe) /// b1 ///
11	IOL Toch 737 b1	eṅ(kalñe) /// b1 ///	(ṣä)rmameṃ	te – /// b2
12	IOL Toch 737 b2	/// b2 /// °lñe	ṣärma(meṃ)	/// b3 /// (ṣä)rmameṃ
13	IOL Toch 737 b3	ṣärma(meṃ) /// b3 ///	(ṣä)rmameṃ	·e /// b4 ///
14	IOL Toch 854 a2	/// a2 /// (yāmo)rntse	ṣärma(meṃ)	/// b1 /// °ññ(e)
15	IOL Toch 854 b2	/// b2 /// intse	ṣärm(ameṃ)	///
16	PK AS 6E b3	; weña poyśi tu	ṣärmameṃ	ṣp ; tai-k wi
17	PK NS 28 a6	ñi(ś) /// 4σ ;	(ṣä)b1rmame(ṃ)	; kuse t(e)t(e)moṣ ;
18	PK NS 75 b4	/// (parna) (te) (y)äk(n)es(a)	ṣärmameṃ	ipäṣṣeñca ॥ tane träṅ(k)o
19	THT 149 a5	/// /// m e(r)sn(aṃ)ts	ṣärmameṃ	ṣkas yälloñ • ṣkas
20	THT 149 a6	ṣkas yä /// a6	ṣärmameṃ	takälyñe • takälyñentse ṣä
21	THT 149 a6	meṃ eṅkalñe • eṅkalñentse	ṣärmameṃ	nesaly(ñ)e /// b1 lyñentse
22	THT 149 b1	nesaly(ñ)e /// b1 lyñentse	ṣärmameṃ	camel cmel(ñe) – – – m(e)ṃ
23	THT 156 a4	jātipr(at)y(a)yaṃ jarāmara(ṇam) (•) cmelñe	ṣärmameṃ	ktsaitsäññe srūkalñe • ///
24	THT 1415.b a3	·ā /// a3 ///	ṣärmameṃ	– /// b1 ///
25	THT 1677.d a1	a1 /// – ce	ṣärmameṃ	/// a2 /// tai

ṣarmmeṃ

1

PK AS 6B b4

80 klyauṣa nande ñäś

ṣarmmeṃ

; pūdñäkte ślokanma weña