ostmeṃ

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Meaning:	“house”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	waṣt
Lexeme variants:	ostmeṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	ablative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-wa

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ost	ostūwa
voc
acc	ost	ostūwa
gen	ostantse
loc	ostne	ostwane
comit
inst
abl	ostmeṃ, ostameṃ	ostwameṃ
perl
all	ostäśc	ostwaśc
caus

Lexeme family

• ost “house” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	ost	ostūwa
  acc	ost	ostūwa
  gen	ostantse
  loc	ostne	ostwane
  abl	ostmeṃ, ostameṃ	ostwameṃ
  all	ostäśc	ostwaśc

  • ostaññe “(adj.) pertaining to a house(hold), belonging to the same household” “(n.) householder”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	ostaññe	ostaññi
    acc	ostaññe

  • ostaṣṣe “house”

    	sg.m
    nom	ostaṣṣe
    acc	ostaṣṣe

Occurrences

ostmeṃ

1	IOL Toch 104 a1	a1 /// °tka	ostmeṃ	ltwe(ṣ) : y·o° ///
2	IOL Toch 109 b4		ostmeṃ	ltu(weṣo)
3	IOL Toch 155 a4	poyśiśc ; ākteke :	ostmeṃ	lalñe ; /// a5
4	IOL Toch 590 b1	·n· neṣ centsañe :	ostmeṃ	laly(e) /// b2 ///
5	PK AS 4B b4	; källoym() ṣpä ;	os(tm)e(ṃ)	(lalñe) b5 5 ṣemepi
6	PK AS 5C b6	ṣkasso ; yaknentsa ;	ostmeṃ	lalñe ; pärnāññets ;
7	PK AS 6D b6	8σ b6 ; (sälkā)te-n=	ostmeṃ	poyśi ; akṣā-ne ṣp
8	PK AS 13K.1 a1	a1 ///	ostm(eṃ)	lantsiśc /// a2 ///
9	PK AS 16.1 a1	a1 /// – –	os(t)meṃ	k(e)kamu : – – – – na
10	PK AS 16.7 b6	tañ poyśi saswa pelaiknene	ostmeṃ	lantsi pkwalñe īte yamu-c
11	PK LC 16.2 a4	a4 /// l(a)reṃ soyśke	ostmeṃ	lantsi tarka ste –
12	PK NS 160 b1	palskomeṃ war(palñe) b1 ///	(o)stm(e)ṃ	lalñe kalpasta b2 ///
13	PK NS 164 a4	/// a4 (kuse) ksa	ostmeṃ	ltu tärkauw=ārtte i(śelmeṃ) ///
14	PK NS 266A b4	/// b4 /// kk·	ostmeṃ	ltu – /// b5
15	THT 3 a8	ypoyi : śtarc= āntsemeṃ	ostmeṃ	lt(w)eṣ ; (p)iṅc= āntsemeṃ
16	THT 3 b2	sū pärskau (śau)ltsa lac	ostm(eṃ)	; – – – – – – – 7σ ;
17	THT 3 b3	; aranemiṃmpa lab3teṃ ;	ostmeṃ	wnolmi : nigrot (s)t(ā)m
18	THT 3 b8	ynāñm ṣai ; lateṃ	ost(m)eṃ	snai(tsñ)e : ñake śaul
19	THT 12 b5	/// alāsñe swārästrä ;	ostmeṃ	ltu ṣek : kälpauwa
20	THT 15 b5	; ab5(kāl)k(sa) : lutas(k)entr	ostmeṃ	; (käṣṣinta) (mske)nträ ;
21	THT 17 b7	19σ /// l(utask)en(tr)	ost(m)eṃ	; käṣṣinta mske(ntä)r ;
22	THT 18 a6	mātäa6(r) 5σ /// ;	ost(m)eṃ	ltw{a→e}ṣ(n)e ; /// 7σ
23	THT 19 a3	; hastake ñem ;	ostmeṃ	ltu sū ; pudñäkteśca
24	THT 19 b2	: empreṃtsñeśc – – ;	(o)stmeṃ	ṣamāne ; waike reki
25	THT 21 b2	/// (kule)manene ; ktsaitsñ(e)s=	ostmeṃ	; b3 3σ
26	THT 27 a3	; ekamäcai preśyaine ;	ostmeṃ	ltuweṣo : po-yknea4(sa) ///
27	THT 31 b5	nraintane 40-3 ṣeṃ ywārc	ostmeṃ	ltweṣ ; pudñäkteś ;
28	THT 32 a7	nraintane 40-3 ṣeṃ ywārc	ostmeṃ	l(tw)e(ṣ) ; pudñäkteś ;
29	THT 32 b7	cämpyāsä : ñake n=	ostme(ṃ)	la(ts)o b8 /// (40-9)
30	THT 33 a6	waipecce : kuse no	ostmeṃ	ltu ; yāṣṣu śawāñca
31	THT 33 b4	ypoyi : ostä-ṣmeñcaṃ ;	ostmeṃ	ltuweṣ ; ñi ka
32	THT 34 b6	ks· /// b6 kramart(sañ)ñ(e)	ostmeṃ	lalyñe /// b7
33	THT 42 a4	ñake /// a4 ///	ostmeṃ	; ltu pūdñäkte käṣṣiṃśc{†ä}
34	THT 42 a7	; kuṣantiññe ñṣīträ :	ostmeṃ	ltu sam ṣeyä ;
35	THT 50 b1	ś· /// b1 ///	ostmeṃ	lantsiś ñyārsa-me soylñe sārśa
36	THT 57 a4	yärpo(nta) /// a4 ///	(o)stmeṃ	ltuweṣäṃts : tallārñe ///
37	THT 66 a3	/// (mā) te lkāṣl=	o(stmeṃ)	; (lnaskau) /// a4
38	THT 69 b4	– ·k· /// (lac)	(ost)b5meṃ	pudñäkteś 10-1 yāmṣat= adhiṣṭhit
39	THT 108 a5	; poñes empreṃ ;	ostmeṃ	lantsi ; camñcer mā
40	THT 108 a9	; yāmskemttär oskiye (:)	(ostmeṃ)	plyatstsar-me ; tsalpäṣṣar-me – –
41	THT 122 a4	/// (śä)nmānma su lnaṣṣäṃ	o(stmeṃ)	(40-6) /// a5 ///
42	THT 127 b6	sklok ; wikātsi 30-1	ostmeṃ	ltu kuse ; snai
43	THT 261 a2	a2 13σ /// ññesa	ostmeṃ	lnäṣṣäṃ kuse mā ///
44	THT 372 b4	b4 ne korpomar •	ostmeṃ	lantsi preke ñi yapoy
45	THT 400 b3	eṅkwe tab3(kāwa) – latau	ostmeṃ	poyśiś aklyamai po solme
46	THT 1305 b2	·rä twe skwamä yśelmeṣṣe	ostmeṃ	mā b3 /// ña
47	THT 1305 b6	/// sko läc su	ostmeṃ	pūdñäkceścä ṣamā ·e
48	THT 1399.u b1	b1 /// ·ā ppaṃ	ostmeṃ	/// b2 /// cwī
49	THT 1573.k a5	: ku a5 ///	ostmeṃ	pudñäktentse maitreyi : a6
50	THT 3552 b2	sn· /// b2 ///	ostmeṃ	lä t·o /// b3