ayāto

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Meaning:	“suitable, pleasant, possible”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	āyāto
Lexeme variants:	ayāto; ayato; =yāto
Number:	singular; plural
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• ayāto “suitable, pleasant, possible”
  • ayātośc “+ Gen. for the benefit of”

Occurrences

=yāto

1

PK AS 17C b6

t(e) pkārsa : kuse

=yāto

tañ päls(k)on(ts)e ; (yanmo)y

ayāto

1	IOL Toch 248 b1	kätkau nesau • mā	ayāto	ab2ksaṣṣälye • cew īke
2	IOL Toch 483 b1	mā ṣ ñi cimpa	ayāt(o)	– /// b2 ///
3	PK AS 7D b2	/// (ekññīnenta) ; (po)	(ayāto)	(kälpāskeṃ) (:) b3 – – – – –
4	PK AS 7K b3	; kos r= āñ(mtsa)	a(yāto)	(ñi) ; (tusa) (lāre)
5	PK AS 17J a2	ksa tane pälskontse mā	ayāto	tāka-c a3 t(e) ñī
6	PK AS 17J a3	lāntäś weṣṣäṃ po ñī	ayāto	säsweṃnmeṃ ste onolmeṃ lkātsi
7	PK AS 17J a4	• walo weṣṣäṃ po-yäknesa	ayāto	t(āka-ñ) ॥ tumeṃ suppria5ye
8	PK DA M 507.32 a4	saṅkrām wtetse lmāte saṅkantse	ayāto	ñesaññe ste kuśalapākṣne rittemttär
9	PK DA M 507.32 a12	·ā ·kaṃ saṅkantse a12	ayāto	nesaññe mā karsnatär parwe
10	PK DA M 507.32 a4	saṅkrām wtetse lmāte saṅkantse	ayāto	nesaññe ste kuśalapākṣne rittemttär
11	PK DA M 507.32 a12	mā (t)ā(r)kaṃ saṅkantse a12	ayāto	nesaññe mā karstatär
12	PK NS 263 a2	/// a2 /// palsko	ayāto	cai kälp· /// a3
13	THT 258 b3	– kāsw· kreñc(e) pi	ayāto	10-5 cäñcre /// 11σ
14	THT 521 a8	; (ekññ)īñenta ; po	ayāto	; käl(pāsk)eṃ : ///
15	THT 561 a2	mäsketrä • āraṇyāyataṃne nesalñeścä	ayāto	mäsketrä • a3 ente
16	THT 572 a4	a4 lwāke ā –	ayāto	(pe)rñeṣṣe tau(pe) /// a5
17	THT 1106 a3	kuse cwi kaṣār wä(ss)itse	ayāto	āyo(r) – – – – (ai)ś(a)mñe kälṣamñe
18	THT 1374.i b2	·n· /// b2 ///	ayāto	– /// b3 ///
19	THT 1442 b1	/// b1 kṣār wentsiś	ayāto	: keṃ mya wl·
20	THT 1544.c a2	/// a2 /// rcc(e)pi	ayāto	yam· /// a3 ///
21	THT 1574 b2	maiyyane saṅkantse spelke kuśalapākṣ	ayāto	tākaṃ yāmtsi śale sa(ṅ)k(asth)āñiś

ayato

1	Kz-213-ZS-L06 a1	kca kleśanmats speltke nautsi	ayato	: mā(la)tsana krentätso te
2	THT 588 a1	wawakāṣ po kompaino ;	ayato	eśnaisäñ mruntsañ ka a2