käryorttau

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Meaning:	“merchant”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kuryart
Lexeme variants:	käryorttau; käryaurtto
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-au
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añc

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	käryorttau	käryorttañc
voc
acc
gen	käryorttante
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• käryā-
  • käryā- “to buy, trade” gv
    • käryā- “to buy, trade” gv.prs10

      	sg.mid
      3	kärnāstär

    • käryā- “to buy, trade” gv.subj6

      	sg.mid
      1	kärnāmar
      3	kärnātär

      • kärnātsi “to buy, trade” inf.n.subj6

        	sg
        nom	kärnātsi
        acc	kärnātsi

      • kärnālñe “to buy, trade” abstr.n.subj6

        	sg
        nom	kärnālñe
        acc	kärnālñe

    • käryā- “to buy, trade” gv.pret1

      	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	käryām	käryāmai	käryāmnte, käryāmte
      2		käryātai
      3		käryāte

      • käryau “having been bought” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	käryoṣ, käryau	käryoṣ
        acc	käryoṣ	käryoṣ

    • käryā- “to buy, trade” gv.prs10a
      • kärnāskemane “buying, trading” part.prs10a

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane
        acc	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane	kärnāskemane

  • karyor “buying, trade, business, commerce”

    	sg
    nom	karyor
    acc	karyor

    • käryorttau “merchant” m

      	sg	pl
      nom	käryorttau	käryorttañc
      gen	käryorttante

Occurrences

käryaurtto

1

THT 89 b6

nt onolme ॥ maṇiśvare

käryaurtto

weṣṣäṃ lalaṃṣke ksā samp

käryorttau

1	IOL Toch 137 a2	a2 /// (a)llek ksa	käryorttau	lyakā-ne ista-k /// a3
2	IOL Toch 248 a5	nauntaine klāya • a5	käryorttau	ksa lyakā-ne • ista-=
3	PK NS 172 b3	nauṣaññ(e) /// b3 ///	(käryo)rttau	ṣeym nau(ṣ) /// b4
4	THT 89 b5	ñem śauśäṃ ॥ dravyaśvare	käryo(r)tt(au)	(weṣṣäṃ) /// b6
5	THT 593 a4	/// a4 /// ṣṣe	käryorttau	ksa lyakā-ne /// a5
6	THT 593 a5	/// nmaṃts śukeśä se	käryorttau	kraṣi /// a6 ///