astarona

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Meaning:	“pure”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āṣtär
Lexeme variants:	astarona; āstrona; astaron=
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-eṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	astare	astarya	astari	astarona
voc
acc	astareṃ	astaryai		astarona
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• astare “pure”

  	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
  nom	astare	astarya	astari	astarona
  acc	astareṃ	astaryai		astarona

  • astaräññe “purity”

    	sg
    nom	astaräññe
    acc	astaräññe
    all	astaräññeśc

Occurrences

astaron=

1

PK NS 49B a1

a1 /// ceu

astaron=

akṣaranma – (p)k(a)ntesa śle

astarona

1

THT 55 a3

(a)ñmassu 30-1 a3 ///

astarona

a4 /// sw āñme

āstrona

1	IOL Toch 166 a3	ṣeṣṣirku : 4 takarṣkana	ās(tr)ona	; lalaṃṣkana au° ///
2	PK AS 7B a2	yāmornta : śak po	āstrona	; mā kekl(y)utkuwa ;
3	THT 252 a2	śi śäk wäntärwas= ;	āstrona	; śäk yolaina ;
4	THT 2622 a2	/// a2 /// kitsana	āstrona	/// a3 /// ·ai