salamo

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Meaning:	“flying”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	salat
Lexeme variants:	salamo
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-oṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-oñ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• sälā-
  • sälā- “to arise” gv
    • salamo “flying”

      	sg.m
      nom	salamo

    • ṣlyamo “flying”

      	sg.m	pl.f
      nom	ṣlyamo	ṣlyamñana
      acc		ṣlyamñana

    • sälā- “to arise” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      3	salāte-ne

      • sasālau “arisen” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	sasālaṣ, sasālau	sasālaṣ
        acc	sasālaṣ	sasālaṣ

  • säl- “(act.) to throw (off a burden), to bring down, destroy (an army, a ritual), to strew (flowers vel sim.) onto” “(mid.) to throw down oneself (from a high)” agv
    • säl- “(act.) to throw (off a burden), to bring down, destroy (an army, a ritual), to strew (flowers vel sim.) onto” “(mid.) to throw down oneself (from a high)” agv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      2	ṣalāsta		ṣalātai
      3	ṣālla, ṣallā-ne	ṣallāre, ṣallāre-ne	ṣallāte

    • säl- “(act.) to throw (off a burden), to bring down, destroy (an army, a ritual), to strew (flowers vel sim.) onto” “(mid.) to throw down oneself (from a high)” agv.subj2
      • ṣällatsi “(act.) to throw (off a burden), to bring down, destroy (an army, a ritual), to strew (flowers vel sim.) onto” “(mid.) to throw down oneself (from a high)” inf.n.subj2

        	sg
        nom	ṣällatsi
        acc	ṣällatsi

  • säl- “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” kaus
    • säl- “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	ṣaläṣṣäṃ	ṣaläskeṃ

      • ṣaläṣle “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣaläṣle

      • ṣaläṣṣeñca “throwing down” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	ṣaläṣṣeñca	ṣaläṣṣeñca
        acc	ṣaläṣṣeñcai	ṣaläṣṣeñcai

      • ṣaläskemane “throwing (down)” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane
        acc	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane	ṣaläskemane

    • säl- “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” kaus.subj9b
      • ṣalässi “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	ṣalässi
        acc	ṣalässi

    • säl- “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” kaus.pret
      • ṣeṣlu “having thrown” part.pret

        	sg.m
        nom	ṣeṣlu

        • ṣeṣlor “throwing, strewing” abstr.pret

          	sg
          nom	ṣeṣlor
          acc	ṣeṣlor
          perl	ṣeṣlorsa

    • säl- “throw off (a burden), throw/lay down, bring down (water in a channel), strew (flowers) onto” kaus.pret2/3
      • sasalyu “having thrown off” part.pret2/3

        	sg.m
        nom	sasalyu

Occurrences

salamo

1

THT 404 a3

; kektseñe ṣeyä :

salamo

luwo ; /// 12σ