asāṃ

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Meaning:	“seat, throne”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āsäñc
Equivalent in other languages:	Skt. āsana- "sitting down; seat, place, stool"
Lexeme variants:	asāṃ; asān
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-änta

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	asāṃ	asānta
voc
acc	asāṃ	asānta
gen
loc	asāṃne	asāntane
comit
inst
abl	asāṃmeṃ
perl			asāñcnesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• asāṃ “seat, throne” n

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	asāṃ	asānta
  acc	asāṃ	asānta
  loc	asāṃne	asāntane
  abl	asāṃmeṃ
  perl			asāñcnesa

  • asānṣṣe “pertaining to a throne”

    	sg.m
    nom	asānṣṣe
    acc	asānṣṣe

Occurrences

asāṃ

1	IOL Toch 178 b6	asānne yopsa • auntsate	asāṃ	säl(p)at(s)i /// b7 ///
2	IOL Toch 178 b7	(c)w(i) no tsakṣträ ñke	asāṃ	• atkane tu cämpamñe
3	IOL Toch 178 b8	/// ·e k·o pa(ñ)ä(ktents)e	asāṃ	pälkormeṃ • prasenaji walo
4	Km-050-KN-R-01.03 a1	a1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –	asā(ṃ)	reksa (–) ॥
5	PK AS 17F a6	(1) (yāmu) (wrocce) ;	(asāṃ)	ceu ; ṣecakecce ;
6	THT 92 a4	candramu(khi) (lā)nt(e) =kartte ykuwerm(e)ṃ	asāṃ	ñor ṣamäṃ ॥ tumeṃ
7	THT 325 a1	duṣkär ॥ klyiye ṣamānentse	asāṃ	nātkaṃ āmapi kontsaisa wat
8	THT 388 a2	ompä ; poyśintse ;	asāṃ	spe ; kenne witskaṃ

asān

1

IOL Toch 39 a3

• akäṃñc ṣäp leke

asān

• a(dhicitte) /// a4