sasainu

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Meaning:	“(mid.) to lean on, rely on”; “(inf.) to staunch (blood)”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	sasainu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• sain-
  • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv
    • saitsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” n

      	sg
      nom	saitsi
      acc	saitsi

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.prs10a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	sainaṣṣītär, sainastär	sainaskentär

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.subj1

      	pl.mid
      3	sainäntär

      • saintsi “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	saintsi
        acc	saintsi

      • saille “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.subj1

        	sg.m
        nom	saille

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.pret3

      	sg.mid
      1	saintsamai

      • sasainu “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	sasainu

    • sain- “(mid.) to lean on, rely on” “(inf.) to staunch (blood)” gv.imp3

      	sg.mid
      2	psainar

Occurrences

sasainu

1	IOL Toch 803 b1	– /// b1 ///	s(a)sainu	osn(e) /// b2 ///
2	THT 41 a1	8 kektseñ palskoś ;	sasainu	; anāṣṣälñe ; satā(ṣl)ñ(e)
3	THT 322 a1	a1 ṅke	sasainu	osne ṣmalle 10-8 mā