tsamo

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Meaning:	“(lit.) growing, growth”; “urgency, importance”; “ulcer”; “(adv.) very”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	abstract
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	tsamo
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-o

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• tsämā-
  • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv
    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	tsamṣt
      3	tsämṣäṃ	tsämsen-ne

      • tsämṣalle “causing to grow, making increase” part.prs8

        	sg.m	pl.f
        nom	tsämṣalle	tsämṣallona
        acc		tsämṣallona

      • tsämṣeñca “causing to grow” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsämṣeñca	tsämṣeñca	tsämṣeñcañ	tsämṣeñcana
        acc	tsämṣeñcai	tsämṣeñcai		tsämṣeñcana

    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.subj1/2

      	sg.mid
      3	tsāmtär, tsāmtär-ne

      • tsamtsi “to cause to grow, increase, promote” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	tsamtsi
        acc	tsamtsi
        all	tsamtsiśc

    • tsäm- “to cause to grow, increase, promote” agv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	tsemtsa

      • tsetsamu “to cause to grow, increase, promote” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	tsetsamu

  • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv
    • tsamo “(lit.) growing, growth” “urgency, importance” “ulcer” “(adv.) very”

      	sg
      nom	tsamo
      acc	tsamo

      • tsmoññe “growth, increase”

        	sg
        nom	tsmoññe
        acc	tsmoññe

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	tsmetär, tsmetär-ñ, tsmetär-ne	tsmentär, tsmentär-ne

      • tsmemane “growing, being increased” part.prs3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane
        acc	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane	tsmemane

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.subj5

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	tsmoytar-ne
      3	tsmoytär-ñ	tsmoyeṃtär-ne, tsmāntär, tsmāntär-ne

      • tsmālñe “to grow, increase, come into being” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsmālñe
        acc	tsmālñe

      • tsmātsi “to grow, increase, come into being” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	tsmātsi
        acc	tsmātsi

    • tsämā- “to grow, increase, come into being” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	tsama

      • tsämau “having grown, come into being” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	tsämoṣ, tsämau	tsämoṣ
        acc	tsämoṣ	tsämoṣ

Occurrences

tsamo

1	PK AS 3A a3	kuṣalle • pitta yaa3sar	tsamo	ppilene ॥ kākoṭi •
2	PK AS 18B b1	maitar ymāne lykaśkana śikṣapātänta	tsab2mo	śitkāre • pañäkte klyauṣa
3	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a82	taittsyāṅkuṃ kuleṅkar-akaumś sūklyik(e) n(au)ṣwents(a)	(t)s(a)m(o)	a83 samantatirṣi kapyāri yärṣalñe
4	PK DA M 507.37 and .36 a86	amāś yamale ṣai yaka	tsamo	ṣai • wesäṃmpa sām
5	PK LC 22 a2	(m)·i /// a2 ///	(t)samo	yṣuwarsa /// a3 ///
6	PK LC 23 a1	sitārne wai sisa	tsamo	/// a2 /// lñe
7	PK LC 27 a2	a2 wiryaryaupteṃ	tsamo	ytsām maskau-me ñiśkai päst
8	PK NS 74 a4	a4 /// (kwaṣai) ne	tsamo	yänmaṣyeṃ • tīrthi ly(kārme)
9	PK NS 95 a3	a3 /// starkanalle •	tsamo	tākaṃ perāk kapy· r·
10	PK NS 101 a3	kälpāwa ṣ ñake ci	tsamo	kartse weskau tāl·
11	THT 201 a1	a1 tākoyeṃ pradhāṃ nano	tsamo	nesalñeṣṣe nesalñe /// a2
12	THT 492 a1	a1 śilarakite āryawarmeṃ	tsamo	yṣuwarsa prekṣäṃ sessatatte rine
13	THT 498 b3	/// b3 /// ysār	tsamo	pīl(e) /// b4 ///
14	THT 1111 b2	ca peri nestä totka	tsab3mo	wat mäskentär no eṅ(k)wetse
15	THT 1574 a2	/// a2 (ña)ke sāṅk	tsamo	ste śale amokäcci ṣameṃ