ñās
| Cite this page as: | "ñās". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_ñās (accessed 17 Dec. 2025). |
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “desire” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | ñyās |
| Lexeme variants: | ñās; ñāss |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | ñās | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | ñās | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | ñyāsyo | ||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- ñās “desire”
m
sg nom ñās acc ñās inst ñyāsyo
Occurrences
ñās
| 1 | A 20 a6 | pältsäk ; kāswoneyac ; | ñā(s) | – b1 – 3σ |
| 2 | A 35 a5 | /// a5 klyoṣlune kāswo{ne}yac | ñās | /// a6 puk klopäṃtwäṣ |
| 3 | A 114 a2 | tām ṣom praṣtaṃ ṣāmnuneyac | ñās | aräṣtär ॥ nu a3 |
| 4 | A 114 b6 | ynāñ(mu)ne b6 /// ṣām(nu)neyac | ñās | kātäṅkā – • ॥ |
| 5 | A 246 a2 | tñi ; kuśal wramaṃ | ñās | ; wi(nā)sam cu ; |
| 6 | A 335 a1 | a1 – yac | ñās | tāk tämyo täm kakäl |
| 7 | YQ II.8 b1 | ptāñkät käṣṣinac waṣtäṣ läntässi | ñās | täb2(mnäṣtr-äṃ) /// (tseṃ) (śā)k(w)aṣiṃ |
| 8 | YQ II.13 b8 | /// neyac lyutār memaṣ | ñās | mäskaträ ॥ tmäṣ |
ñāss
| 1 | A 30 a2 | a2 kuyal śkaṃ c{m}olac | ñāss | aru kuya(l) /// a3 |
| 2 | A 230 b2 | – – – ·m· b2 ; | ñāss | arsāt : yāmit kāvvi |
| 3 | A 271 a8 | ritwäa8(ṣ) /// yärk yatsi | ñāss | a b1 /// akäṃtsuneyäntu |
| 4 | YQ II.8 a7 | 8σ 7σ /// ; | ñāss | aruṣ ; spaktānac caṣi |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


