metäs

Cite this page as:	"metäs". 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_metäs (accessed 02 Jul. 2025).
Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “to set out, go, come”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	mitā-
Lexeme variants:	metäs
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	metäs	metär, metär-ñi

Lexeme family

• mitā-
  • mitā- “to set out, go, come” gv
    • mitā- “to set out, go, come” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	metäs	metär, metär-ñi

Occurrences

metäs

1	A 34 b5	prasenaji ·e /// (ārkiśo)b5ṣyac	metäs	ālyä(kyāṃ) (praṣṭaṃ) /// (ñä)b6(kcyā)s
2	A 68 a5	saṃsārṣināṃ riyaṃ sne täṅklun(e)	me(täs)	/// 7σ ; (bo)a6dhisatvāñ
3	A 217 a7	ākṣiññam krant ; märkampal	metäs	; ūrbilwāyäṣ ; bārānasyac

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.