wasta

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Meaning:	“refuge, protection”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	waste
Lexeme variants:	wasta; wästa
Number:	singular
Case:	vocative
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	waste
voc	wasta
acc	waste
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• waste “refuge, protection”

  	sg
  nom	waste
  voc	wasta
  acc	waste

Occurrences

wästa

1	SI 1877 a3	kwañpe śiṅkrontse aṣicce alaṃ	wästa	pku- a4 weṣ śaiyye
2	SI 1877 a5	lestāñe camiläṃntse aṣicce alaṃ	wästa	pkuweṣ śaiyye plyeṅksa wi
3	SI 1877 a14	pkuweṣ śaiyye wasa ।	wästa	pkusai itomtsaisa
4	SI P 2 b6	yärm keś ; saim	wästa	• mant snai päls(k)alñ(e)
5	THT 19 a7	hastake ; weskau saim	wästa	; – – – s tu
6	THT 40 b2	/// b2 /// saim	wästa	: eśne tsatsākau mā
7	THT 231 b4	ykū ñī ; saim	wästa	; cīne aurtse ;
8	THT 238 a2	8 tañ nai saim	wästa	swāñco rekiṣṣa wīkä a3
9	THT 244 b2	akṣalñe 50 pācer saim	wästa	śrāṃ yā(tä)ssi epastyu :
10	THT 267 a3	/// a3 mar saim	wästa	tañ /// b1 lpar
11	THT 268 b2	/// ñī stamoy saim	wästa	tañ painene cukemar b3
12	THT 386 a7	m(a)tsi ra śike –	wästa	/// b1 /// nt·
13	THT 392 b5	ñäkte prekseṃ • saim	wästa	ṣe /// b6 ///
14	THT 595 a4	a4 /// kt· saim	wästa	akā /// a5 ///
15	THT 3858 b1	– /// b1 ///	wästa	paikāmai ///

wasta

1	THT 15 a1	; rekauna : s(ai)m	wasta	sa(swa) ; – – a2
2	THT 45 a1	9σ a1 (sai)m	w(a)st(a)	; mā ll(āṃ)tsi ;
3	THT 45 a1	c ṣ· ske saim	wasta	; kā twe ñäś
4	THT 45 a3	yāmmar pokse-ñ ; saim	wasta	30 tu yparwe māka
5	THT 296 b7	śakyamune ; b7 saim	wasta	; saṅkamp= eṣe •
6	THT 297.a b2	pyutkässi aiymasu poyśi saim	wasta	• ara b3 (ṇ)imi
7	THT 2377.j a3	a3 /// l –	wasta	ce s·a – ·au