Caravan

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orsa

Cite this page as:"orsa". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_B_orsa (accessed 02 Dec. 2023).
 
Meaning:“wood, piece of wood, wood stick”
Word class:noun
Language:TB
Equivalent in TA:or
Lexeme variants:orsa; orsā
 
Number:singular
Case:perlative
Gender:alternating

Paradigm

sg pl du
nom or ārwa
voc
acc or ārwa
gen arwāṃts
loc orne
comit
inst
abl
perl orsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

Commentary

Note that there is no compound or-śacakare 'ratification on a piece of wood', because one has to separate the passages as orśa ccākare; see Pinault and Ogihara 2010: 186f. against Pinault 1987a: 82.

Occurrences

orsa

1PK AS 12B b6• mäk(te) /// b6·orsatäṅwä miyäṣṣäṃ • te
2THT 304 b5 ///·orsa; mā nesäṃ ;

orsā

1THT 133 a2; piṇṭvāt ra ;orsā– – ; ·y· ccä

Bibliography

Pinault 1987a

Pinault, Georges-Jean. 1987a. “Épigraphie koutchéenne. I. Laissez-passer de caravanes. II. Graffites et inscriptions.” Sites divers de la région de Koutcha 8: 59–196 + XL.

Pinault and Ogihara 2010

Pinault, Georges-Jean, and Hirotoshi Ogihara. 2010. “Un fragment de planchette de bois en tokharien B.” Journal Asiatique 298.1: 173–202.