śi

Cite this page as:	"śi". 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_śi (accessed 13 Nov. 2025).
Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “to enter, penetrate”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	śänāsk-
Lexeme variants:	śi
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	śi

Lexeme family

• śi-
  • śi- “to enter, penetrate” gv
    • śi- “to enter, penetrate” gv.prs10
      • śināssi “to enter, penetrate” inf.n.prs10

        	sg
        nom	śināssi
        acc	śināssi

    • śi- “to enter, penetrate” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	śi

      • śaśyu “to enter, penetrate” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	śaśyu

Occurrences

śi

1	THT 1383.e b3	b3 /// ti ·śi	śi	śna – ///
2	THT 1409.o a3	/// a3 /// ya	śi	skā – /// b1
3	THT 1412.i a2	a2 /// lānt pā	śi	na – /// a3
4	THT 1670 a2	/// a2 /// rkā	śi	nāga rṣi ·ṃ ///
5	THT 1969 a1	/// l· ṣkā śa	śi	a /// a2 ///
6	THT 2595 a1	a1 /// wa śnā	śi	mäsk· /// a2 ///
7	THT 3185 b9	sä ·o pälätsä(k) kāre	śi	yä ñ·a – ra
8	THT 3335 a1	a1 /// a	śi	ā /// a2 ///

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.