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 23 Jun. 2025).
 
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.msg.fpl.mpl.fdu.mdu.f
nomkeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äk
voc
acckeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äkkeṃ, ken-äk
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

Occurrences

keṃ

1A 114 b6॥ – – k· – – keṃ ñäktasaṃ t· – – ñäktañ
2A 246 b2; (t)säknāt pärrās ; keṃ pläkṣinäs ; vaineṣiṃśśi b3
3A 289 b3 sasyu ; lo keṃ p{†r}ärsk{†r}o ; b4(skatär) 14σ
4THT 1887 b1·y· /// b1 /// keṃ n· /// b2 ///
5THT 2045 a3bhu tä /// a3 keṃ – /// b1 c
6THT 2422 a1 a1 /// keṃ nā – /// a2
7YQ I.7 b8ṣpät b8(k) /// (keṃ) (pä)lkāñ weñeñc el wawurā
8YQ III.11 a5(po)sāc kucyo wasäṃ sarkā keṃ pälkuneyo yāmu omäskeṃ lyalypu

kenn

1A 56 b4ṣäpnasaṃ menāb4(k) /// kātse kenn ats śāwaṃ ākālntwā kakmu

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.