páam lamb's wool

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form پام
Phonetic Form páam
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl): páama
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form pákṣman- 'eyelashes; hair of a deer, filament of a flower; petal of a flower; a thin thread (n)' (T: 7638)
    • lamb's wool
      • Example 1400:
        yíiṛi pamá buleeḍí gíi ta, tas ba ghaší nieeṭíli.
        yíiṛi
        ewe
        pam
        wool
        -a
        -pl
        buláḍ
        search.for
        -í
        -CV
        gíi
        go.pfv.FSG
        ta
        DS
        tas
        3sg.acc
        ba
        top
        ghašé
        catch
        -í
        -CV
        niaaṭé
        shear
        -íl
        -pfv
        -i
        -f
        The sheep went to search for wool, but someone caught it and sheared its wool off [Proverb].
        Source: A:NH12:1:175

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