käṣṣiñ
| Cite this page as: | "käṣṣiñ". 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_käṣṣiñ (accessed 13 Apr. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “teacher” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | käṣṣi |
| Lexeme variants: | käṣṣiñ |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -ṃ |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | käṣṣi | käṣṣiñ | |
| voc | |||
| acc | käṣṣiṃ | käṣṣis | |
| gen | käṣṣiyāp, käṣyāp-äkk | käṣṣiśśi, käṣṣiśśi-k | |
| loc | käṣṣinaṃ | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | käṣṣinyo | ||
| abl | käṣṣinäṣ, käṣṣinac | käṣṣisäṣ | |
| perl | käṣṣinā | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- käṣṣi “teacher”
m
sg pl nom käṣṣi käṣṣiñ acc käṣṣiṃ käṣṣis gen käṣṣiyāp, käṣyāp-äkk käṣṣiśśi, käṣṣiśśi-k loc käṣṣinaṃ inst käṣṣinyo abl käṣṣinäṣ, käṣṣinac käṣṣisäṣ perl käṣṣinā
Occurrences
käṣṣiñ
| 1 | A 68 b4 | wotkuräṣ ñäkci o° /// | (kä)b5ṣṣiñ | ñi seyo parnoreṣinā(s) (ṣotre)yäntu |
| 2 | A 170 b5 | ātyā /// b5 – – – – – | käṣṣiñ | śwā /// b6 /// |
| 3 | A 249 b3 | ; ñäktañ wras{i→a}śśi ; | käṣṣiñ | puk śkaṃ ; śaikṣyaśaikṣi |
| 4 | A 273 b5 | śākyab5(muni) (ṣolar) (māk) (ptāñktañ) | (käṣṣiñ) | (ñäktas) (napenäśśi) ; (tmānäntu) |
| 5 | A 287 and 259 b1 | puk (neṣ) (ptāñä)b1(ktañ) ; | (käṣṣiñ) | (kleśās) ; (wikässi) (:) |
| 6 | A 312 a7 | parivrājkāsyo worpuṣ ṣäk tirtheñi | käṣṣi(ñ) | (ālyek) (śkaṃ) (sne) (kaś) |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
