kuro

Cite this page as:	"kuro". 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_kuro (accessed 16 Dec. 2025).
Meaning:	“to age, become feeble” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to age, grow older, decrepit”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kuro
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	kuro, kuront	kuront	kuront	kuront
voc
acc	kuront	kurosāṃ, kuront	kuront	kuront
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kurā-
  • kurā- “to age, grow older, decrepit” “to age, become feeble” gv
    • kurā- “to age, grow older, decrepit” “to age, become feeble” gv.pret1
      • kuro “to age, grow older, decrepit” “to age, become feeble” part.pret1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kuro, kuront	kuront	kuront	kuront
        acc	kuront	kurosāṃ, kuront	kuront	kuront

  • kur- “to make aged, make become feeble” agv
    • kur- “to make aged, make become feeble” agv.prs8

      	pl.mid
      3	kursaṃntär

    • kur- “to make aged, make become feeble” agv.pret3
      • kakuru “to make aged, make become feeble” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	kakuru

Occurrences

kuro

1	A 212 a7	mandodharinaṃ ॥ mokoneyo ;	kuro	näṣ ; krant käṣṣiṃ
2	YQ I.6 b6	(nirdhane) (träṅkäṣ) /// (ā)k(na)ts	kuro	mok kupre ne et-ñi
3	YQ II.4 a6	mandodharinaṃ ॥ mokoneyo ;	kuro	näṣ ; krant käṣṣiṃ

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.