swese

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Meaning:	“rain”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	swase
Lexeme variants:	swese
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	swese
voc
acc	swese
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• suwā-
  • suw- “to let rain” kaus
    • suw- “to let rain” kaus.prs/subj9b

      	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

swese

1	IOL Toch 301 b5	/// b5 /// °rrṣṣe	swese	swāsäṣṣa po y(p)au(nane) ///
2	PK AS 6B b2	ostä pakwāreṃ ; aipoṣä	swese	olypotse : kauṣäṃ mant
3	PK AS 6C a2	(o)st kaa2rtse aipoṣ ;	swese	mā olypotse kauṣäṃ :
4	PK AS 6C a6	ānaiśai tākaṃ 80-4 śanmäṃ	swese	kälyminmeṃ ; śtwāra toṃ
5	PK AS 6C b1	indrīsa ; eṅkalṣe śänman-neś	swese	80-5 su ceu palsko
6	PK AS 7H b2	snai preke suwaṃ ṣpä	swese	: śäktālyenta onolmeṃts ;
7	PK AS 17G a1	/// (ip)r(e)r lkāsk(e)m(a)n(e) śem	sw(e)s(e)	ipr(er)m(eṃ) pr(a)ściye nau(mi)yeṣṣ(e) kuse
8	PK AS 17G a3	/// °·e se	swese	iprermeṃ śem kus(e) ra
9	PK NS 30 b6	c(a)rka rilleṣṣe āsträ lykaśke	swese	tärkä(namane) /// b7 ///
10	PK NS 32 b5	nūwalñe : āyorntaṣṣe ;	swese	kentsa ; swāsäṣṣasta :
11	PK NS 36 and 20 b1	lkāstär ā – – 2	sw(e)s(e)	ys(a)r(a)ṣṣ(e) ; sw(ā)säsk(au) k(entsa)
12	PK NS 78.1 a3	auntsante s·ā /// a3	swese	tärkanaṃ • tū-ykne(sa) ///
13	PK NS 174 b3	paisa yes tattau •	swe(se)	///
14	THT 46 a2	/// a2 wa	swese	tsainwaṣṣeṃ snai yarm :
15	THT 47 a6	a6 /// ñ swāsṣawa	swese	tsainwa(ṣṣeṃ) /// a7 ///
16	THT 93 b3	eṅkäl ; /// 11σ	(swese)	– – – ; (swā)b4säskau keṃtsa
17	THT 350 a3	ṣp{†ä} nāge campi pältak	swese	swāsästsi : 1 ॥
18	THT 368 b3	/// b3 /// ·eṣṣe	swese	bodhisatventsa /// b4 ///
19	THT 375 b3	tänmastär ॥ vemacitreṃne ॥	swese	suwoy cau preke aṣanikaṃ
20	THT 629 b4	/// b4 /// pyapyaiṣṣe	swes(e)	/// b5 /// kw·
21	THT 3051 b2	/// b2 /// –	swese	ñ· /// b3 ///