āsta

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Meaning:	“bone”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āy
Lexeme variants:	āsta
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-o
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-a; IRR

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āyo	āsta, āya
voc
acc		āsta, āya
gen		astāṃts
loc	āstane
comit
inst
abl
perl		āstaṃtsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āyo “bone” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	āyo	āsta, āya
  acc		āsta, āya
  gen		astāṃts
  loc	āstane
  perl		āstaṃtsa

  • astaṣṣe “bone”

    	pl.m
    nom	astāṣṣi

Occurrences

āsta

1	Dd 5.3 a4	/// ·n· yetse ṣñaur=	āsta	ypomna ·wistär waipe(cce) ///
2	IOL Toch 138 and 184 b3	kektseṃne prakrona w(ä)ntarwa skente	āsta	warñai • wraṣṣe mab4(hābhūt)
3	IOL Toch 187 b2	/// °n kwäñcit ya(r)m()	āsta	lykaśke yamaṣatai • saim-wästa
4	PK AS 7M b3	astabhek ñem ; yenti	āsta	mrestīwe • räskre āsäskeṃ
5	THT 22 b4	oṅkolm= eñcwañña ; waltsanoy-n=	ās;ta	lykaśke : b5
6	THT 22 b8	; /// 2σ ///	(ā)sta	; spaitu ramt •
7	THT 69 a4	/// (e)a4(p)e wat no	āsta	l· /// a5
8	THT 220 b4	ra waltsa= ; ñy	āsta	lykaśke po ; wnolmi
9	THT 223.b b2	/// ·m·r wat lykaśke	ā(sta)	/// b3 /// (t)syālpatai
10	THT 231 a5	tsarkanoyeñ-c ; päkṣiyeñ-c ;	āsta	lykaśke ; kautanoñ-c •
11	THT 291.b b3	/// b3 /// –	āsta	– – ñ mekwā –
12	THT 559.1 a3	āñme srukosäṃ a3 āñme	āsta	añma postäṃ omte yamasträ
13	THT 559.1 a5	tune mäsketrä • śāmñana	āsta	taiysa kwrāṣäṃ ṣe
14	THT 1323.b a5	– tom tw alyāk	āsta	tetemoṣäṃ 50-2 ci b1
15	THT 1324.b b1	mīsa stwentär-me mīsāmeṃ pitke	āsta	mrestai – /// b2
16	THT 1698 a1	a1 /// –	āsta	t· /// a2 ///