k_uli

Cite this page as:	"kuli". 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_kuli (accessed 14 May 2026).
Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “woman”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	klīye
Lexeme variants:	kuli; kulyi; kuly
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-āñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kuli	kulewāñ
voc
acc	kule	kulewās
gen	kuleyis	kulewāśśi
loc	kuleyaṃ	kulewāsaṃ
comit		kulewāśśäl
inst		kulewāsyo
abl	kuleyäṣ	kulewāsäṣ
perl	kuleyā	kulewāsā
all	kuleyac	kulewāsac
caus

Lexeme family

• k_uli “woman” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	kuli	kulewāñ
  acc	kule	kulewās
  gen	kuleyis	kulewāśśi
  loc	kuleyaṃ	kulewāsaṃ
  comit		kulewāśśäl
  inst		kulewāsyo
  abl	kuleyäṣ	kulewāsäṣ
  perl	kuleyā	kulewāsā
  all	kuleyac	kulewāsac

  • k_uleñci “female, feminine”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.f
    nom	kuleñci	kuleñci
    acc	kuleñciṃ	kuleñcināṃ	kuleñcinās

Occurrences

k_uly

1

A 232 b6

pat : tarśonāsyo ;

kuly

āmpe nu ; kälpaṃ

k_ulyi

1	A 93 b4	/// lte śtwar wramnā	kulyi	oṅkis kāpñe mäskatär yokaṃ
2	A 115 a6	roñcäm /// a6 ///	kulyi	āklus tāṣ temi āptā
3	A 265 b6	b6 ākāl yatär •	kulyi	penu säṃ cami śäṃ
4	A 341 a3	śwātsi-k caṃ : 80-9	kulyi	weñā-ṃ em-ci ; ///
5	THT 1559 a2	turkṣāñc y(ā)mtsāt put(i)a2śparṣiṃ ākālyo	kulyi	maśkaṃ tākim

k_uli

1	A 30 b3	prattika-ñarey(ntw)aṃ /// b3 ṣ	kuli	kräṃts(o) taträṅku(s) /// (sume)b4r-ṣuläṣ
2	A 57 a4	13σ /// lantunt :	kuli	naslune ; nankuräṣ ;
3	A 146 a5	särśi – – – – anapäa5(r) ///	kuli	tāṣ śālyās posā mācri
4	A 340 b2	p(o)raṃ ; oṅk yo	kuli	: rarkunt āsānā ;
5	A 340 b3	śl= āsāṃ ; nakät	kuli	tmā-k kū ; pākär
6	A 340 b8	pākär (tākar) ; (o)ṅk{†ä}	k(ul)i	āsāna : ñäkcya ///
7	A 341 a2	(tmaṃ) (aptsa)a2rr oki ;	kuli	lmos ṣeṣ temi ;
8	A 341 a5	; paprutkār wimāṃ :	kuli	yeṣ /// 20σ 8σ
9	A 409 a1	a1 /// ṣṣu	kuli	wāwle /// a2 ///
10	YQ III.2 a5	/// – okāk śākkiṣi	kuli	paräṃ mā kälpos ṣeṣ
11	YQ III.3 a2	a2 /// pälko	kuli	wrasomiṃ pāpṣuneyis wars nāṃtsuṣ