ā

Cite this page as:	"ā". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_ā (accessed 06 Nov. 2025).
Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “oh!”
Word class:	uninflected
Word subclass:	interjection
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ā; hā

Lexeme family

• ā “oh!”

Occurrences

ā

1	A 8 b4	nāṃtsu träṅkäṣ hā k(ā)b4ryapp	ā	kāryap • tmäṣ waṣkärs
2	A 34 a1	a1 – –	ā	– – /// (kra)a2nt{†ä} pñ(i)ntväṣ
3	A 38 a6	°t ॥ tmäṣ ñare-pālik	ā	/// b1
4	A 45 a6	a6 puk pretāśśi lkālā	ā	/// (ptā)b1ñkät käṣṣi klanoṃtsāṃ
5	A 46 a5	a5 saṃ sukuntu wärporäṣ	ā	/// a6 taryāk-ṣpät-pi
6	A 50 a5	se : māk cmoläntwaṃ	ā	/// a6 /// (l)kālyo
7	A 70 b1	wärtac kälkāluneyā krāṣiññäl kuyalte	ā	b2 /// naṃ
8	A 71 b4	; kossi wätkṣäll ;	ā	b5 2σ 7σ ///
9	A 73 a2	nāṃtsunt ālam wcā se(s)m(āṃ)	ā	a3 4σ ///
10	A 74 a2	ckācri jambudvipaṃ lāñś puk	ā	a3 /// sattu mā
11	A 74 b4	klopyo ñi ; kātsaṃ	ā	b5 4σ /// r
12	A 75 a6	: 1 ॥ päl·	ā	– – – rk{†ä} naṣ te
13	A 81 a1	śla wasäṃ sewās ṣ·	ā	/// a2 /// ·päñ
14	A 82 a4	cmolaṃ cmolune : tṣäṣṣ	ā	/// a5 ṣ caṣ
15	A 84 b5	lkātsune arässi mā penu	ā	/// b6 ///
16	A 86 b6	॥ taṃ ywārckaṃ cem	ā	///
17	A 95 b6	tka – – – – m pälkoräṣ	ā
18	A 107 b5	; pānäṣtär ; śwātsy	ā	– – – 2σ b6 ///
19	A 107 b6	ṣeṣ mäṃtt aśśi täm	ā	– – –
20	A 113 a3	e(ṃ)ts· – ·kä –	ā	– – – – a4 /// lymātäṃ
21	A 117 a3	॥ āryahāraṃ ॥ kāmar	ā	a4 14σ /// ·
22	A 121 a6	kupre ne – – ṣ·	ā	– – b1 /// k
23	A 124 a5	wsomināñ śwātsintu neñc{†ä} ·om·	ā	/// a6 praṣt śol
24	A 125 and THT 1425.e and A 117 a3	॥ āryahāraṃ ॥ kāmar	ā	a4 – eṃts yäslyi
25	A 127 b6	ṣ tärkor ypam-äṃ täm	ā	///
26	A 138 b3	b3 /// risāt kus	ā	/// b4 /// käṣṣinyo
27	A 145 a2	(m)osaṃ śtwar mañsaṃ y·	ā	a3 /// ṣträ täm
28	A 149 a1	a1 /// · sun(e)yntu	ā	– – – – – – (su)ndari t· – – – –
29	A 152 b6	klopasuntāp : kupre ne	ā	///
30	A 170 b2	b2 m saṃkrāmaṃ tsälporäṣ	ā	/// b3 ṣ{†ä} tmäṣ
31	A 170 b3	b3 ṣ{†ä} tmäṣ āṣānik	ā	/// b4 – – eṃtsuräṣ
32	A 179.b b6	yko mäskatär /// b6	ā	– y· t· ///
33	A 179.e b1	/// b1 /// śśäl	ā	– ///
34	A 180 a6	/// (ki)ntarñāṃ rinātsi käl·	ā	b1 – – – – – – ṣ neṣ
35	A 194 b1	– – – sm· śkaṃ mlus·	ā	/// b2 nt{†ä} aśäṃnyo
36	A 206 b1	/// mp· lekk oki	ā	/// b2 /// ·sune
37	A 212 a5	bādhari brāhmaṃ ṣäññuneyā ylār	ā	/// a6 /// ṣ
38	A 213 a1	8 sne nmālune kapśiñño	ā	/// a2 /// ṣṭāmm
39	A 213 b4	b4 /// nänt p·	ā	– – – – täṃ kuyalte •
40	A 220 a3	patt;ākāśśi : kuc yāmu	ā	/// ; 10σ a4
41	A 230 a3	– – – – – ṣ ; kātkeñc	ā	/// 7σ 6σ ///
42	A 230 b1	– – – ñc : (50-8)	ā	– 1σ w· –
43	A 230 b7	; kleśāś(ś)i : 60-3	ā	– – – – – – –
44	A 231 b2	; wawärṣuṣ : 5	ā	b3 13σ 14σ 3σ
45	A 238 a4	puk wäknā : 60-5	ā	/// /// rsi puk
46	A 242 b3	b3 /// kus cesmi	ā	/// b4 /// m·
47	A 243 a2	sne nākäm krant ;	ā	a3 – – – – 3σ ;
48	A 246 a3	8σ /// wlesant ;	ā	– – sant ; yātässi
49	A 262 a4	18σ a4 – – – – – s·	ā	– nträ ; kāckeyo
50	A 274 b5	brāmnāśśi dakṣiṃ wawuräṣ seyaṣiṃ	ā	b6 /// ॥ pälkāc
51	A 276 b5	/// elant eseñc kāckeyo	ā	– ls··rä·t· – – kärsneñc
52	A 276 b7	– ñc āmät ke	ā	/// b8 /// nträ
53	A 277 a5	tämne-k cem tām praṣtaṃ	ā	a6 /// m pāsanträ
54	A 277 b2	pats tuṅkyo plāryā särkiñco	ā	b3 9σ /// (ā)lu
55	A 277 b4	tanne cesmi ; skam	ā	b5 12σ /// skamat
56	A 282 a6	/// a6 /// mpewāts	ā	/// b1 /// ṣ·
57	A 296 a6	kärsoräṣ rinäṣtār was yātiś-śi	ā	/// (kä)a7rparäṃnyo poñcäṃ ārkiśoṣi
58	A 299 a5	yiñc ॥ ārśi-niṣkramānta(ṃ) ॥	ā	/// 16σ a6 2σ
59	A 299 a6	tām praṣt ; napeṃ	ā	/// 8σ a7 9σ
60	A 300 a3	r ālṣāt-äm cesmi-k was	ā	– – ·m· nt we
61	A 308 b4	(virū)b4pākṣeṃ vaiśravaṃ lāntäṣṣ aci	ā	/// b5 śaye ñkät
62	A 317 a5	: tämyo kärsnāl lyalypuris	ā	/// a6 l cam
63	A 336 b7	{ṣ→p}iṭak kärsnāl sā(sä)ryunt śäktālyiṣy	ā	/// b8 /// (kä)lpāluneyäśśäl
64	A 338 a4	lyutār śkaṃ ākläṣlyeśśi knānmuneyac	ā	/// a5 /// ñi
65	A 339 b4	pañcmaṃ ॥ wkäṃ py	ā	/// b5 /// wartsi
66	A 341 b8	kälpāt oko säm :	ā	/// 21σ 10σ (ākṣiññā)b9räṃ
67	A 354 b4	tṣaṃ śla ynāñmune nāṃtsuräṣ	ā	– – – – – – – b5 – k·
68	A 364 a2	yad bravīṣi me ।	ā	/// a3 (ra)tho
69	A 371 a2	känt okät śikṣisaṃ ysamo	ā	– (sa)mudacārṣinās /// a3
70	A 379 a2	tmäṣ puk knānmāṃ ;	ā	/// 17σ 10σ 4σ
71	A 383 a3	kar kuś lānt ype	ā	/// a4 /// yā
72	A 399.5 a2	a2 /// – räṣ	ā	/// b1 ///
73	A 408.i a1	/// – lāśaṃ	ā	/// a2 /// k·ṅkyo
74	A 423 a3	/// (lo) kasatkṛtasatkṛtam •	ā	/// a4 /// •
75	A 425 a2	/// slamass oki s·	ā	/// a3 /// madhye
76	A 435 b2	waṣt lmo kuryaru kā(ma)t	ā	b3 /// (wa)ṣ(t) lmontāp
77	A 437 a2	sāntäk yām(tsā)t • tmäṣ	ā	/// a3 /// ṣū
78	A 437 a3	/// ṣū entsantär tmäṣ	ā	/// a4 /// nātäk
79	A 441 a1	a1 /// y·k śkaṃ	ā	/// a2 /// ñkäk
80	A 445 a2	a2 /// yiṣ tāne	ā	– /// a3 ///
81	A 446 a5	esam ॥ ptāñkät käṣṣi	ā	/// a6 /// ā
82	A 446 a6	ā /// a6 ///	ā	– – – – eṃtsuräṣ ā ///
83	A 446 a6	/// ā – – – – eṃtsuräṣ	ā	/// a7 /// cc
84	A 446 a7	aśśi nu caṃ –	ā	/// b1 /// nu
85	A 447 b1	/// ñi ॥ tmäṣ	ā	– /// b2 ///
86	A 453 b1	anubaddhā • nāpak klāp·	ā	/// b2 /// (atyava)ṣṭabdha
87	A 456.c a1	– ka dantaṃ :	ā	/// a2 /// ryo
88	A 462 a1	motär lk· – – – kunakam	ā	/// a2 /// ॥
89	THT 1139 a3	t ṣpät koṃsaṃ cami	ā	/// a4 – tmāṃ
90	THT 1144 b3	b3 /// (wra)saśśi ārts(k)oṃ	ā	///
91	THT 1149 b3	/// b3 /// ñäkciṃ	ā	– /// b4 ///
92	THT 1375.b b1	b1 /// ·kä – –	ā	/// b2 /// ·i
93	THT 1377.e a3	/// a3 ypamträ triślune	ā	/// b1 ॥ yarāssinaṃ
94	THT 1380.g a4	– /// a4 –	ā	/// b1 – – – ///
95	THT 1380.i a3	– ñ ṣeñc ।	ā	/// a4 /// pra
96	THT 1408.g b1	/// ñc – me	ā	/// b2 /// ॥
97	THT 1408.l b1	/// b1 /// r	ā	ś· p· l· ///
98	THT 1409.p a2	/// a2 /// –	ā	– /// a3 ///
99	THT 1411.e a2	miṃ kälymeyā kaśtoräṣ ṣñ·	ā	·ym· /// a3 ///
100	THT 1411.e b2	ṣpäṃ mā kälpnātär ykonā	ā	ñ·a mā /// b3
101	THT 1414.d b3	b3 /// – ntu	ā	– ///
102	THT 1422.b b4	b4 /// sne nu	ā	/// b5 /// –
103	THT 1466.b b4	ha ri ha ·i	ā	ka sa – – – – – ///
104	THT 1467 b3	b3 /// – ṣä	ā	– ///
105	THT 1475.c b2	l • kusne ·i	ā	/// b3 /// läṃ
106	THT 1475.c b3	/// b3 /// läṃ	ā	·e – – – ś·l ///
107	THT 1475.c b5	traṃ /// b5 ///	ā	– – – kl· śāñ
108	THT 1483.b a2	/// s· kälkoräṣ träṅkäṣ	ā	/// a3 /// osāt
109	THT 1485 a1	ru n·c tñ· päk	ā	– – /// a2 ///
110	THT 1495 b2	– – caṃ • śol	ā	/// b3 /// rñ·
111	THT 1564 b2	/// ·ā ṣñi āñmes	ā	– /// b3 ///
112	THT 1592.e b1	/// b1 /// –	ā	mā ///
113	THT 1605.b b4	/// b4 /// –	ā	klä – – /// b5
114	THT 1607.e b1	/// b1 /// – –	ā	ñm· /// b2 ///
115	THT 1645.l a1	a1 /// – kār	ā	/// a2 /// riyaṃ
116	THT 1646.b b2	/// b2 /// ॥	ā	/// b3 /// –
117	THT 1646.g b2	– /// b2 ///	ā	pä – /// b3
118	THT 1658.d b1	b1 /// bhā •	ā	– /// b2 ///
119	THT 1685.a a1	/// akṣa – dak	ā	k·a /// a2 ///
120	THT 1685.c a2	a2 /// – – sriyaṃ	ā	– /// a3 ///
121	THT 1849 b3	/// – mi ntu	ā	///
122	THT 1895 a3	a3 /// – – kāpñuneyā	ā	/// b1 /// – –
123	THT 1909 a3	/// a3 /// –	ā	/// b1 /// kusne
124	THT 1936 b2	/// b2 /// yā	ā	– /// b3 ///
125	THT 1943 a2	a2 /// ·ā ·ṃ	ā	/// b1 /// – –
126	THT 1970 a1	a1 /// ·p· lmeṃ	ā	/// a2 /// rśi
127	THT 1981 a3	a3 /// nträ cesäm	ā	śo ś·i /// a4
128	THT 1983 b2	– /// b2 ///	ā	ña ///
129	THT 2009 b2	lm· /// b2 ///	ā	ndaṃ – ///
130	THT 2013 b1	·i /// b1 ///	ā	ś· /// b2 ///
131	THT 2035 b1	b1 /// ·t· ts·	ā	/// b2 /// tyo
132	THT 2048 b3	/// tsā tä pälkānt	ā	·i /// b4 ///
133	THT 2050 b1	/// b1 /// –	ā	·tu rā – ///
134	THT 2051 a1	a1 /// –	ā	mā /// a2 ///
135	THT 2053 a1	a1 /// – pre	ā	– ·ā ṣäṃ ca
136	THT 2076 a1	a1 ///	ā	da /// a2 ///
137	THT 2089 b1	·ṃ /// b1 ///	ā	·i /// b2 ///
138	THT 2164 b1	/// b1 /// –	ā	l· /// b2 ///
139	THT 2204.f a1	a1 /// lk	ā	/// a2 /// –
140	THT 2204.j b1	– /// b1 ///	ā	– ///
141	THT 2206 b4	/// b4 /// ·i	ā	r·a – ///
142	THT 2213 b2	/// b2 /// nt	ā	sā – ///
143	THT 2238.m a1	a1 /// ·n·	ā	– /// a2 ///
144	THT 2264 b3	/// b3 /// –	ā	ṣā ///
145	THT 2383.c b2	/// b2 /// ·ā	ā	la ///
146	THT 2385.j a1	a1 ///	ā	– /// b1 ///
147	THT 2385.m b1	/// b1 /// ṣñi	ā	///
148	THT 2385.r b1	/// b1 /// ·s·	ā	///
149	THT 2385.s a1	a1 /// ñ·	ā	r·ñc /// b1 ///
150	THT 2395 b3	/// kā mār ṣñi	ā	/// b4 /// r
151	THT 2413 a2	ṣpä /// a2 ///	ā	käṃ täm näṣ ·a
152	THT 2416 b1	/// b1 /// –	ā	/// b2 /// –
153	THT 2418 b2	/// – ś ṣñi	ā	/// b3 /// –
154	THT 2421 b3	b3 /// tuk śkaṃ	ā	/// b4 /// ñä
155	THT 2433 a2	/// a2 /// ñä	ā	– /// a3 ///
156	THT 2440 a2	nt·ī /// a2 tsräṃ	ā	– /// a3 ///
157	THT 2442 b2	– /// b2 ṣñi	ā	///
158	THT 2444 a2	– /// a2 sā	ā	r· /// a3 ///
159	THT 2463 b3	/// – mä śwālaṣi	ā	– ///
160	THT 2479 b1	pat nu cam· ṣtām	ā	– /// b2 ///
161	THT 2487 b1	/// b1 /// oṅkraci	ā	/// b2 /// ñā
162	THT 2534 a1	a1 /// – mi	ā	·nunt /// a2 ///
163	THT 2600 a2	·k· – sä mä	ā	da ś· /// a3
164	THT 2602 b1	b1 /// – me	ā	/// b2 /// npar
165	THT 2649 b3	b3 /// – t·a	ā	– ///
166	THT 2654 a2	/// – śā str·	ā	– – /// a3 ///
167	THT 2967.g b1	kly· /// b1 ///	ā	– /// b2 ///
168	THT 2967.i b1	b1 /// w· ·ku	ā	/// b2 /// –
169	THT 3141 b3	b3 /// k· •	ā	rna śna ///
170	THT 3335 a1	a1 /// a śi	ā	/// a2 /// –
171	THT 3358 a2	/// a2 /// ·ār	ā	/// b1 /// –
172	THT 3360 b3	– • kärsaṃ •	ā	/// b4 /// r·ä
173	THT 3371 b2	/// b2 /// ṅkä	ā	– ///
174	THT 3383 b2	/// b2 /// sne	ā	– /// b3 ///
175	THT 3457.a a1	a1 /// tk·	ā	/// b1 /// prä
176	THT 3480 a1	a1 /// añc	ā	/// b1 /// m·
177	THT 3932.b b1	/// b1 /// –	ā	– /// b2 ///
178	THT 3933.d a2	ṣtmo /// a2 ///	ā	– /// b1 ///
179	THT 3937.a b1	y· /// b1 ///	ā	/// b2 /// –
180	THT 3937.b b1	b1 /// – kä	ā	/// b2 /// –
181	YQ II.4 a5	bādhari brāhmaṃ ṣäññuneyā ylāa5(r)	(ā)	/// (cesäm) (śkaṃ) (manarkāsä)ṣ
182	YQ II.13 a4	॥ klyom metrak träṅkäṣ	ā	a5 /// –
183	YQ III.5 b8	kākätkuṣ lāṃtsāṃ keneñc ॥	ā

hā

1	A 8 b3	cärk klopasu nāṃtsu träṅkäṣ	hā	k(ā)b4ryapp ā kāryap •
2	A 56 a4	kapśia4(ñño) /// s(e) pälkoräṣ	hā	kāruṇik träṅktsi päknāsmāṃ trik
3	A 100 a4	/// (ka)klyuṣuräṣ sundari mäśkit	hā	nātäk träṅktsi pkā a5
4	A 100 b1	b1 /// (pa)ñcagatinaṃ ॥	hā	siṃha{ha}nuy ; lānt se
5	A 100 b1	se yoṃ ; se	hā	ikṣvāb2;(ku) 8σ 12σ ///
6	A 100 b2	yā senik ; śo	hā	sne maṅk riṃṣant :
7	A 100 b2	sne maṅk riṃṣant :	hā	kāruṇik ; kṣa b3
8	A 100 b5	ākṣīññäl ṣe b5 ///	hā	klyaum nātäk kuyal täm
9	A 101 b1	b1 /// yaṃ ॥	hā	kāruṇik ; ylār nātäk
10	A 120 a2	1 ॥ mnu lutäsmām	hā	a3 7σ /// (tampe)wātsy
11	THT 1375.b b2	b2 /// ·i ne	hā	śu – ///

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.