amokyo

Cite this page as:	"amokyo". 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_amokyo (accessed 12 Dec. 2025).
Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “art, skill”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	amok
Lexeme variants:	amokyo; amoky=
Number:	singular
Case:	instrumental
Gender:	alternating; masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu; -i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	amok	amokäntu
voc
acc	amok	amokäs, amokäntu
gen	amokis	amokäntwāśśi
loc	amokaṃ	amokäntwaṃ
comit
inst	amokyo
abl	amokäṣ
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• amok “art, skill” n/m

  	sg	pl
  nom	amok	amokäntu
  acc	amok	amokäs, amokäntu
  gen	amokis	amokäntwāśśi
  loc	amokaṃ	amokäntwaṃ
  inst	amokyo
  abl	amokäṣ

  • amokṣi “of art”

    	sg.m
    acc	amokṣiṃ

  • amokäts “artist, artisan” m

    	sg	pl
    nom	amokäts	amoktse
    acc		amoktses
    gen	amoktsāp

Occurrences

amoky=

1

A 16 b3

kāswe ; rupavāṃ ;

amoky=

opśi ; śilpavāṃ :

amokyo

1	A 11 b4	ypamāṃ sas träṅkäṣ ñi	amokyo	täṣ cämplune kupre ne
2	A 13 a4	; kropaṃt śiśkis ;	amokyo	; papyutkāṃt-äṃ : ṣñi

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.