osānt

Cite this page as:	"osānt". 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_osānt (accessed 15 Jul. 2026).
Meaning:	“(act.) to hit, wound”; “(mid.) to begin”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	aun-
Lexeme variants:	osānt
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	āwu
2
3	os			osāt	osānt

Lexeme family

• on-
  • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv
    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.prs10

      	pl.mid
      3	oṃsantär

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.subj7

      	sg.mid
      3	oñtar

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	āwu
      3	os	osāt	osānt

      • onu “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	onu	onus

    • on- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.imp3

      	pl.mid
      2	posāc

Occurrences

osānt

1	A 29 a5	cami ṣuṅkac yulā ywatsī	o(sānt)	/// (devada)a6ttenaṃ ॥ pälkāc
2	A 89 b1	b1 /// ·k· tsi	osānt	sām ayot rī puk
3	A 315 and 316 b8	ñäktaśśi pättāññäktes akmlaṃ lkātsi	osānt	• ///
4	A 395 a5	pre lcrä śrāvastyac ysi	osā(nt)	– – – – – – – – b1 ṣ kläṅkoṣ
5	A 395 b4	– – – b4 rapeyäntu yasi	osānt	tmäṣ prāmnāñ preyadatteṃ maṅkalṣinās
6	A 399.15 b2	/// b2 /// ñ	osān(t)	///