ṣemeṃts

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Meaning:	“one, single”; “plural: some, certain, the ones (opposed to others)”; “(pp.) together with (+ com.)”
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	cardinal
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	sas
Lexeme variants:	ṣemeṃts; ṣemeṃtsä

Number:	plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eme
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-emi

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ṣe	sana	ṣemi	somona
voc
acc	ṣeme	somo, sanai		somona
gen	ṣemepi		ṣemeṃts
loc	ṣene, ṣemene
comit	ṣemempa
inst
abl
perl	ṣemesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

ṣe “one, single” “plural: some, certain, the ones (opposed to others)” “(pp.) together with (+ com.)”
- ṣekkāka “just a single instant, for a single moment”
- somotkäññe “evenly, proportionally”
- somār “one each”

Occurrences

ṣemeṃts

1	IOL Toch 1 a3	ywārc no ksa ;	ṣemeṃts	katsāñ ; śa° ///
2	IOL Toch 1 a4	; yetse ceṃts :	ṣemeṃts	käryāñ ; pruknānträ ;
3	IOL Toch 1 a4		(ṣemeṃts)
4	IOL Toch 173 b2	/// y·ṃ omte sū	ṣemeṃts	pile /// b3 ///
5	THT 9 b6	18σ 15σ (pe)b6rneñco :	ṣemeṃts	aurtse ; lkātsy āñme
6	THT 10 a2	cai ; perneñco :	ṣemeṃts	aurtse ; lkātsy āñme
7	THT 14 a2	/// 9σ /// 5	ṣemeṃts	yśāmna a3 ///

ṣemeṃtsä

1

: 1 a4 yāmor

; sompastr ekñenta ;