keṃ
| Cite this page as: | "keṃ". 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_keṃ (accessed 14 Dec. 2025). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “false, wrong, in vain” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | aṅkaiṃ |
| Lexeme variants: | keṃ; kenn; keṃn |
| Number: | singular; plural |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine; feminine |
Paradigm
| sg.m | sg.f | pl.m | pl.f | du.m | du.f | |
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| nom | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | ||
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| acc | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | keṃ, ken-äk | ||
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Lexeme family
- keṃ “false, wrong, in vain”
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk acc keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk keṃ, ken-äk
Occurrences
keṃ
| 1 | A 114 b6 | ॥ – – k· – – | keṃ | ñäktasaṃ t· – – ñäktañ |
| 2 | A 246 b2 | ; (t)säknāt pärrās ; | keṃ | pläkṣinäs ; vaineṣiṃśśi b3 |
| 3 | A 289 b3 | mā sasyu ; lo | keṃ | p{†r}ärsk{†r}o ; mäb4(skatär) 14σ |
| 4 | THT 1887 b1 | ·y· /// b1 /// | keṃ | n· /// b2 /// |
| 5 | THT 2045 a3 | bhu tä /// a3 | keṃ | – /// b1 c |
| 6 | THT 2422 a1 | a1 /// | keṃ | nā – /// a2 |
| 7 | YQ I.7 b8 | • ṣpät pāb8(k) /// | (keṃ) | (pä)lkāñ weñeñc el wawurā |
| 8 | YQ III.11 a5 | (po)sāc kucyo wasäṃ sarkā | keṃ | pälkuneyo yāmu omäskeṃ lyalypu |
kenn
| 1 | A 56 b4 | ṣäpnasaṃ menāb4(k) /// kātse | kenn | ats śāwaṃ ākālntwā kakmu |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
