aunu

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Meaning:	“(act.) to hit, wound”; “(mid.) to begin”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	aunu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	aunu
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• aun-
  • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv
    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.prs10a

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	aunaṣṣäṃ, aunaṣṣän-me	aunastär	aunaskentär

      • aunaṣle “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” part.prs10a

        	sg.m
        nom	aunaṣle

    • aun- “(act.) to hit, wound” “(mid.) to begin” gv.subj1

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	auṃ	auntär	aunantär, aunantär-ne

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

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	aunasta, aunasta-ne
      3	auntsa	aunar, aunar-ñ	auntsate, auntsate-ne	auntsante, auntsante-ne

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

        	sg.m
        nom	aunu

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

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      2	pauṃ	pauntsat

  • aun- “to cause to begin” kaus
    • aun- “to cause to begin” kaus.imp4

      	sg.mid
      2	ponäṣṣar

Occurrences

aunu

1	IOL Toch 3 b4	walo wsecce preresa arañcne	aunu	orocce neb5(wesa) /// māka
2	THT 22 a6	(mai)yyane ñiś ; sanaṃ	au(n)u	; takāwa (60-7) (ṣuk-kauñ=)
3	THT 542 b7	kärsau • pratividdhaṃ •	aunu	• jātisaṃsāro • cmelāṣṣe
4	THT 547 a3	॥ ārabdhā bhavati •	aunu	mäsketär ॥ yad uta