āyäntu
| Cite this page as: | "āyäntu". 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_āyäntu (accessed 23 Jan. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “bone(s)” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | āyo |
| Lexeme variants: | āyäntu; āyäṃtw; āyäntw |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | āy | āyäntu | |
| voc | |||
| acc | āy | āyäntu | |
| gen | āyis | āyäntwāśśi | |
| loc | āyäntwaṃ | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | āyäntwäṣ | ||
| perl | āyäṃtwā | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- āy “bone(s)”
m
sg pl nom āy āyäntu acc āy āyäntu gen āyis āyäntwāśśi loc āyäntwaṃ abl āyäntwäṣ perl āyäṃtwā - āyäntwāṣi “of bones”
sg.m sg.f pl.m nom āyäntwāṣi āyäntwāṣi āyäntwāṣiñi
- āyäntwāṣi “of bones”
Occurrences
āyäntu
| 1 | A 11 b4 | kupre ne waluntāp ṣñi | āyäntu | (pkä)b5nt pkänt penu kākloñcäs |
| 2 | A 11 b6 | träṅkäṣ näṣ nu ce(sm-ä)b6k | āyäntu | pukā-k puskāsyo kaśal malkam-äm |
| 3 | A 11 b6 | träṅkäṣ näṣ nu cesm-äk | āyäntu | śwāl |
| 4 | A 12 a3 | yeṣ tmaṃ cem śiśkinäs | āyäntu | kākloñcäs pälkānt (tmäṣ) (sa)a4s |
| 5 | A 12 a4 | papärss ats tm-äk cem | āyäntu | ॥ ñikci-paṇḍurā(ṅkaṃ) – a5 |
| 6 | A 12 b1 | eṣäk papärs tm-äk cem | āyäntu | puskāsyo kaśal mälkā(nt) (tri)b2t |
| 7 | A 12 b2 | mälkā(nt) (tri)b2t p(enu) (ce)sm-äk | āyäntu | śwāl ysār krāṃ yokyo |
| 8 | A 13 a4 | sne-knānmunyā : wāweku(ñcä)a4s ; | āyäntu | ; kropaṃt śiśkis ; |
| 9 | A 13 a4 | ; papyutkāṃt-äṃ : ṣñi | āyäntu | ; śiśkinäs ; āyäṃtwāśśi |
| 10 | A 150 a3 | nu a3 /// ki | āyäntu | wewñunt mänt – – – – yä |
| 11 | A 150 a5 | śtwarā a5 /// mm | āyäntu | mäskaṃträ • ṣñikek naṣäm· |
| 12 | A 166 a5 | ; esnaṃ prāa5(kraṃ) ; | (āyäntu) | ; 4σ 15σ /// |
| 13 | A 310 b3 | /// tmunt : ekr | āyäntu | sälpib4(ñc) /// wāwlunt aneñcāṣ |
| 14 | A 321 a7 | a7 /// ñy oki | āyäntu | wraṣ-ñi kā /// a8 |
| 15 | THT 2532 a3 | ṣi /// a3 /// | āyäntu | – /// b1 /// |
| 16 | YQ N.3 a4 | /// a4 /// ·ñ(cä)rñy | āyäntu | : añcwāṣiñi /// a5 |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
