lät-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lat"

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *lut-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-; Cognates found in Ancient Greek ἐλεύσομαι (eleúsomai) and Ancient Greek ἦλθον (êlthon), Old Irish luid. Compare Tocharian A länt-.

Verb

lät-

  1. to go out, come out, emerge
    • Nervānäś po aiwolyci mäskentär lnaskeṃ ostmeṃ.
      They all are directed to Nirvana and go out from the house (i.e., become monks).[1]

Derived terms

  • ostmeṃ ltu (“Buddhist monk”)
  • ostmeṃ lät- (“to become a Buddhist monk”, literally “to leave home”)

References

  1. ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN
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