sawoṃ

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Meaning:	“to rain”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	suwā-
Lexeme variants:	sawoṃ
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperfect
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	5
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	suwoy	swoyen, sawoṃ, suwaṃ

Lexeme family

• suwā-
  • suw- “to let rain” kaus
    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.subj/prs9b

      	sg.act
      1	swāsäskau

    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	swāsäskau
      3		swāsäskeṃ, swāsäsken-me

      • swāsäskemane “letting rain” part.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane
        acc	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane	swāsäskemane

      • swāsäṣṣeñca “letting rain” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	swāsäṣṣeñca	swāsäṣṣeñca
        acc	swāsäṣṣeñcai	swāsäṣṣeñcai

    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.subj9b

      	pl.act
      3	swāsäskeṃ, swāṣye-ñ

      • swāsässi “to let rain” inf.n.subj9b

        	sg
        nom	swāsässi
        acc	swāsässi

    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.pret4

      	sg.act
      1	swāsäṣṣawa
      2	swāsäṣṣasta
      3	swāsäṣṣa

  • suwā- “to rain” gv
    • swese “rain” m

      	sg
      nom	swese
      acc	swese

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.prs5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	suwoy	swoyen, sawoṃ, suwaṃ

      • swāmane “raining” part.prs5

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	swāmane	swāmane	swāmane	swāmane
        acc	swāmane	swāmane	swāmane	swāmane

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	swāsaṃ

      • swāsalñe “to rain” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	swāsalñe
        acc	swāsalñe

    • suwā- “to rain” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	swāsa

Occurrences

sawoṃ

1

THT 388 b4

b4 2σ – – k

sawoṃ

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