seyi

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Meaning:	“son”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	se
Lexeme variants:	seyi; sseyi; seyī

Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	IRR

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	soy	säsuwa
voc
acc	soy	säsuwa
gen	seyi
loc		säsuwane
comit
inst
abl
perl	soysa
all		säsuwaśc
caus

Lexeme family

soy “son” m

sg pl

nom soy säsuwa

acc soy säsuwa

gen seyi

loc säsuwane

perl soysa

all säsuwaśc
- säsuwerśke “dear little son [diminutive]” m
  
  sg
  
  nom säsuwerśke
  
  acc säsuwerśkeṃ
- säsuśke “(dear) son (diminutive)” m
  
  sg pl
  
  nom säsuśke säsuśkañ
  
  voc säsuśkaṃ
- soyṣṣe “pertaining to a son”
  
  sg.m
  
  nom soyṣṣe
  
  acc soyṣṣe
- saiwiśke “little son, little boy [diminutive]” m
  
  sg du
  
  nom saiwiśke saiwiśkane
  
  acc saiwiśkane
- säsuwerṣṣe “pertaining to a son”
  
  sg.m
  
  nom säsuwerṣṣe
  
  acc säsuwerṣṣe
- säsuwiśke “little son, little boy, little animal [diminutive]” m
  
  sg pl
  
  nom säsuwiśke
  
  acc säsuwiśkaṃ

Occurrences

seyi

1	PK AS 12B a4	reki klyauṣiññe yetwe ste	seyi	rano aikemār pātri paineṣṣe
2	PK NS 36A b3	/// p(ā)ke säswentse	seyi	śka /// b4 ///
3	THT 28 b5	weṣṣi : 6 jñātiṃ	seyi	granthi pilko prākre eṅku
4	THT 36 b8	– – – – mācer postaññe ṣäñ	se(yi)	///
5	THT 42 b4	ś ñäṣṣītr= ākālk{†ä} ;	seyi	cmelñeṣṣe : tumeṃ wnolm=
6	THT 239 a2	/// a2 /// karāśne	seyi	mīsa śawāre trikoṣ kess(a)
7	THT 327 a1	tetemu mpa tākaṃ •	seyi	so /// a2 pṣantse
8	THT 2687 a3	kal(ā)ś /// a3 ṣikentse	seyi	pakana opiñiś /// a4
9	TS 43 a2	ikäṃ trai(ne) /// a2	seyi	kṣemārjuni kṣunne • ṣeyeṃ

seyī

1	IOL Toch 106 b3	mā āśiya ma śakkyets	seyī	ṣñä(ṣṣe) /// b4 ///
2	THT 1267 b4	/// b4 /// ṣañ	seyī	ñäś emp(r)eṃñce pi – – – – –

sseyi

1

ṣäp ; yamīträ 9

pelki(ñ) ; – – – ;