ṣemi

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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:	ṣemi
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
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

ṣemi

1	IOL Toch 1 a2	॥ gautamakapilne ॥ raiweñ	ṣemi	; lkānträ cai ;
2	IOL Toch 1 b2	14σ 2σ b2 °t	ṣemi	; tatākaṣ ; alpanaṃ
3	IOL Toch 101 b2	kātkeṃ aiśaumyi : aiskeṃ	ṣemi	– /// b3 śwātsine
4	IOL Toch 215 b6	b6 /// ·ontonträ wnolymi	ṣemi	paṣ· ///
5	IOL Toch 584 a2	a2 /// nta :	ṣemi	tu /// b1 ///
6	PK AS 7B b5	nesan-me 7 tane ksa	ṣemi	; onolmi nraiy;ne cmetsiśc
7	PK AS 7C a2	klinaṣṣän-me ; warpatsi 10	ṣemi	ksa wnolmi ; yolain
8	PK AS 7C a4	; laitonträ : tane	ṣemi	ksa ; onolmi yā;mor
9	PK AS 7D a6	ait(katte) ; /// a6	(ṣemi)	(ksa) (wnolmi) ; (skwassoñc)
10	PK AS 7D b1	(päklyauṣso) (:) (tane) (ksa)	(ṣemi)	; – – – – ; (ekñi)ññe
11	PK AS 7E a2	(p)ostäṃ ; mäskentra :	ṣemi	ksa wnolmi ; aiskeman=
12	PK AS 7E b4	no ; mäsketrä :	ṣemi	ksa wnolmi ; cmelane
13	PK AS 7F a1	kāttsi no nesäṃ ;	ṣemi	ksa (wnolmi) ; ///
14	PK AS 7G a3	(:) a3 (10-)7	ṣemi	ksa wnolmi ; skwassoñc
15	PK AS 7G a3	; tumeṃ postäṃ ;	ṣemi	no ksa ; skwantse
16	PK AS 7G b5	– – – – ; (alye)b5ṅkäṃts tane	ṣemi	ksa ; wnolmi mäskenträ
17	PK AS 7G b6	(c)ai ; (mäskenträ) (tane)	(ṣemi)	(ksa) ; (wnolmi) (mä)°
18	PK AS 7H	(tane)	(ṣemi)	(ksa) ; (wnolmi) (mä)a1(skenträ)
19	PK AS 7L a3	srukalyñe ; mäntak no	ṣemi	tne ; – – – – – ///
20	PK AS 15B b3	su wä° /// b3	ṣemi	ṣecaki oksaiṃ ram no
21	PK AS 15D a1	/// – – ñyatse :	ṣ(e)mi	kekesu b(r)am-ñ(ä)kt(e) – – a2
22	PK AS 17G b4	(ta)twāṅkaṣ alyaik no tseññāna	ṣemi	rätrona yw(ā)rc no arkwi(na)
23	PK AS 17J a5	tumeṃ tāu rīṣṣi śāmna	ṣemi	tsrorīntsa ka perśīye{ṃ}trä mā
24	PK NS 152 a2	/// a2 (tsi)rauñesa :	ṣemi	/// a3 tse śarīräntaṃ(ts)
25	PK NS 154 b3	ste /// b3 ///	(ṣe)mi	lkāntar cai /// b4
26	THT 24 a2	; skwassu cmela(n)e 20-6	ṣemi	trikoṣ ṣeṃ ; wai
27	THT 31 b7	ausoṣäṃ ; saṅghāṭi ;	ṣemi	ysaly= erṣyentär • tanāpatentsa
28	THT 31 b7	; entseño ; mäntañyentär	ṣemi	: kete pkante ;
29	THT 197 a1	(ṣpä) (•) a1 (tane)	ṣemi	śrī(lāteṃ) w(ar)ñ(ai) c(eṃ) svabhāptsa
30	THT 255 b1	: klyomñe ṣärpseṃ ;	ṣemi	ksa ; aiśämñenta ;
31	THT 383 a1	a1 /// ploryai ṣärn(e)	ṣemi	ksa a2 /// (y)
32	THT 521 a5	॥ ॥ bahudantākne ॥	ṣemi	ksa wnolmi ; skwaso(ñc)
33	THT 521 a6	päklyauṣso : tane ksa	ṣe(mi)	; – – – – ; (ekñiññe)
34	THT 521 b6	postä{ṃ} ; mäskenträ :	ṣemi	ksa wno(lmi) ; (aiskeman=)
35	THT 543 a4	sthāpayanty eke • lyewentär	ṣemi	• bhayaṃ /// a5
36	THT 1107 b4	– ·e ·e nesäṃ	ṣemi	ālīne pintwāt warpananträ alyek
37	THT 1113 b5	(kā)ttsi ce pañäkte prekesa	ṣemi	onolmi • kuse
38	THT 1117 b3	/// ///	ṣ(e)mi	mälla° b4
39	THT 1570 b5	/// ·ā – – :	ṣemi	ā – /// b6