sām

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Meaning:	“similar, like”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	sam
Lexeme variants:	sām; sāmo
Number:	singular; plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	sām	sām	sām	sām
voc
acc	sām	sām	sām	sām
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• sām “similar, like”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	sām	sām	sām	sām
  acc	sām	sām	sām	sām

Occurrences

sāmo

1

THT 597 b3

b3 7σ /// (we);(śe)ñaimpa

sāmo

: pelaikn(i) po ;

sām

1	IOL Toch 196 and 198 a3	– /// a3 °tanaṃ	sām	cainats trai mäsketä(r) –
2	IOL Toch 247 b4	ṣai • pañäktentse wastsib4mpa	sām	• wastsi yamaṣṣiträ •
3	PK AS 8A b9	ñemtsa yāmäṃ cwi śaulampa	sām	yolo mäsketrä 8 ॥
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a86	tsamo ṣai • wesäṃmpa	sām	mañiye s(p)e – – – a87
5	THT 114 b1	/// lñ· w· yamalñe	sām	/// b2 /// tseññāna
6	THT 251 a2	mā nesäṃ pilkontampa eneśle	sām	80-3 anvābhuṃkth(ā) (yad) (asyārthaṃ)
7	THT 300 a3	/// a3 /// no	sām	palskoyträ • sām ///
8	THT 300 a3	no sām palskoyträ •	sām	/// b1 /// n(a)no
9	THT 597 b3	snai sattä ; akāśämpa	sā(m)	(:) – te(s=) (aik)wa
10	THT 2396 b3	b3 /// – mpā	sām	/// b4 /// dyi
11	W 2 b4	– (śaba)raloträ • ṣe	sām	s· (mä)ske(ntär) ॥ – –
12	W 7 a6	ye mlucku kuñcit ṣe	sām	aṣiye malkwersa ṣpärkaṣṣälle b1
13	W 7 b4	• kurkamäb4(ṣṣi) (pts)āñä ṣe	s(ā)m	malkw(e)rsa oṅkarño päkṣalle – –
14	W 8 b1	• rutelle b1 ṣe	sām	kutumñci(k) ko(s) āñme ṣpakaiṃ
15	W 8 b3	• nilutpāl pi(ssau) (ṣe)	sām	warsa b4 – – (päkṣa)lle
16	W 11 b3	• pissau • (ṣ)e	(sām)	(kiro)t mäśca(ke)n(e) b4 (se)