postaṃ

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Meaning:	“afterwards”
Word class:	uninflected
Word subclass:	adverb
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	postaṃ

Lexeme family

postäṃ “afterwards, later, finally (Adv.), after (Postp.)”
- postaṃ “afterwards”
- postanu “latter, later, last”
  
  sg.m pl.m
  
  nom postanu
  
  acc postanontäṃ
- postaññe “(adj.) later, latter” “(adv.) later” “in the end” “even” “eventually”
  
  sg.m
  
  nom postaññe
  
  acc postaññe

Occurrences

postaṃ

1	IOL Toch 160 a4	st(a)malle ṣai ṣe kwamo	postaṃ	/// a5 /// pals(k)o
2	THT 189 b4	• taisa-k tu ka	postaṃ	• tane ortsesa weñem
3	THT 280 a4	kätkoṣe;pi käṣṣīntse ; akālk	postaṃ	: śle o a5
4	THT 496 a2	(l)āre tāka mā ra	postaṃ	; cisa lāre mäsketär-ñ
5	THT 552 b4	b4 (tvi) (taiysa)	postaṃ	tsäṅkälyi pañäkti : taiysa
6	THT 552 b5	taiysa rano b5	(postaṃ)	(tsäṅkä)lyi p(ra)tika-pañakti k_use ṣpä
7	THT 604 a1	ste : tu no	postaṃ	aksau-cä prākre p· ///
8	THT 1213 b4	/// närkäśśäṃ 3 yäkne	postaṃ	ślokänma su b5 ///
9	THT 1324.b a5	reṣṣäṃ soyäṣṣäṃ kektseñyo yke	postaṃ	– /// b1 no
10	THT 1394.nn a2	/// nma sa yäkne	postaṃ	– /// a3 ///
11	THT 1566 a4	śaumo ṣeme ṣṣeme yke	postaṃ	– – – d·äk·eṃ – b1
12	THT 1603.c b2	/// b2 /// keṃ	postaṃ	– ///
13	THT 1928 a5	a5 /// tsakṣäṃ yke	postaṃ	– /// a6 ///
14	THT 2378.g b2	/// – ṣṣeṃ ike	postaṃ	/// b3 /// mñäkte
15	THT 3601.d b2	b2 /// ko_ī te	postaṃ	po /// b3 ///