ṣamäṃ

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Meaning:	“to sit, remain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ṣäm-
Lexeme variants:	ṣamäṃ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	ṣamau
2		ṣmīcer
3	ṣami, ṣamäṃ	ṣamyeṃ, ṣameṃ

Lexeme family

• ṣäm-
  • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv
    • ṣäm- “to sit, remain” gv.prs2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	ṣamau
      2		ṣmīcer
      3	ṣami, ṣamäṃ	ṣamyeṃ, ṣameṃ

      • ṣmalle “to sit, remain” part.prs2

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣmalle

      • ṣmeñca “sitting, remaining” ptcp.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ṣmeñca	ṣmeñca	ṣmeñcañ	ṣmeñcañ
        acc	ṣmeñcai	ṣmeñcai	ṣmeñcaṃ	ṣmeñcaṃ
        gen	ṣmeñcantse	ṣmeñcantse

      • ṣmemane “sitting” part.prs2

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ṣmemane	ṣmemane	ṣmemane	ṣmemane
        acc	ṣmemane	ṣmemane	ṣmemane	ṣmemane

Occurrences

ṣamäṃ

1	IOL Toch 129 b4	(aśi)b4yai klainmpa enestai aiporne	ṣa(mä)ṃ	/// b5 käryor pläṅṣiññana(mpa)
2	PK AS 3A a1	(ampo)a1ño mändrākka	ṣamäṃ	॥ kuñcit wawāltsau •
3	PK AS 3A a4	upadrap tsmetär śale lakle	ṣamäṃ	॥ sālavarṇi • präśnavarṇi
4	PK AS 18B b5	ṣab5māne plākisa aśiyan(ampa) (o)lyine	ṣamäṃ	kaucū-wär olyi āśäṃ ñoru-wär
5	PK NS 355 b2	lyk(a)śk(e) /// b2 ///	ṣamäṃ	॥ tumeṃ brāhmaṇi utta(reṃ)
6	THT 85 b2	brāhmaṇeṃts (āyormeṃ) (mi)b2wamane la(klene)	(ṣamäṃ)	(॥) (tumeṃ) (b)r(ā)hmaṇi uttareṃ
7	THT 92 a4	=kartte ykuwerm(e)ṃ asāṃ ñor	ṣamäṃ	॥ tumeṃ a5 ///
8	THT 518 b5	b5 /// śconaitse ramt	ṣamäṃ	ñke : /// b6
9	W 14 a6	orottsa tā(kaṃ) tesa päst	ṣamäṃ	॥ oka(ro) b1 –