ṣmeñcai

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Meaning:	“sitting, remaining”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	ṣmeñcai
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	2
Valency:	intransitive
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-a
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	ṣmeñca	ṣmeñca	ṣmeñcañ	ṣmeñcañ
voc
acc	ṣmeñcai	ṣmeñcai	ṣmeñcaṃ	ṣmeñcaṃ
gen	ṣmeñcantse	ṣmeñcantse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

ṣmeñcai

1	PK NS 76 a2	/// a2 /// (osta)	(ṣ)m(e)ñcai	c(ai)näts wassiṣṣ(e) ekäññe(sa) ///
2	SI B 117 a1	na • naksenträ ām	ṣmeñcai	• n{a→i}ndanti bahubhāṇinam naks(e)nträ
3	THT 396 b6	no pa b6 ///	ṣm(e)ñcai	: rintsa – b7