Lexeme: āy, āyo

Language:
Tocharian B
Meaning:
bone
Cognate Set:
*h₂ost- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
āy, āyo
Phonetic:
aj, ˈajo
Phonemic:
ajə, ajo
Notes: Suppletive pl. āsta; pace Stalmaszczyk and Witczak (1990:40-1) and Katz (1997:72-7), āy probably not from PIE *h₂ést by a rule of *-s > *-y in monosyllables.