käṣṣiśśi
| Cite this page as: | "käṣṣiśśi". 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_käṣṣiśśi (accessed 09 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “teacher” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | käṣṣi |
| Lexeme variants: | käṣṣiśśi |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | genitive |
| 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
käṣṣiśśi
| 1 | A 3 a2 | amok tämyo täm śāwes | käṣṣiśśi | taṃne wewñu ॥ śuriṣinaṃ |
| 2 | A 8 b6 | ॥ pekäntāśśi ; | käṣṣiśśi | ; käṣṣi pekant ; |
| 3 | A 62 b4 | ; tanne wew(ñu) ; | käṣṣiśśi | : 6 wū we |
| 4 | A 249 b4 | ; wināsam-ci ; puk | käṣṣiśśi | ; käṣṣi wäṣpā ; |
| 5 | A 255 a4 | ptāñkät ṣeṣ säm pea4(nu) | (käṣṣiśśi) | (käṣṣi) tmāṃ-tri-wälts-puklyi puttiśparäṃ kälpāt |
| 6 | A 302 b1 | ॥ pācri mācri ; | käṣṣiśśi | ; wraskeyuñciśśy ā;nāsāśśi : |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


