kus
| Cite this page as: | "kus". 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_kus (accessed 19 Jan. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “who?, what?” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Word subclass: | pronoun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | kuse |
| Lexeme variants: | kus; kuss |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine; feminine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | kus, kussa-k | kuce | |
| voc | |||
| acc | kuc | ||
| gen | ke, ke-kk | ||
| loc | kucaṃ | ||
| comit | kucaśśal | ||
| inst | kucyo | ||
| abl | kucäṣ | ||
| perl | kucā | ||
| all | kucac | ||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- kus “who?, what?”
m/f
sg pl nom kus, kussa-k kuce acc kuc gen ke, ke-kk loc kucaṃ comit kucaśśal inst kucyo abl kucäṣ perl kucā all kucac
Occurrences
kus
kuss
| 1 | A 6 a2 | āriñc : 1 ॥ | kuss | aśśi sās yaṃtrācā(res) a3 |
| 2 | A 9 a6 | tmäṣ āmāśāñ ypeṣiñi wrasañ | kuss | ats ne cam peke |
| 3 | A 11 a6 | pat nu knānmuneyäṣ pkänt | kuss | ats ne nati wä(rṣaltsune) |
| 4 | A 22 b1 | añumās(k)i b1 (nāṃtsu) – – – – – – – | kuss | a{t}s ne ārkiśoṣyaṃ parno-kaśom(i)nāñ |
| 5 | A 136 a6 | : ñ – – nark | kuss | aśśi ñäktas /// b1 |
| 6 | A 236 b7 | b7 /// lto pat | kuss | atsaṃ ne āvikar ·i |
| 7 | A 333 a3 | s·ā /// a3 /// | kuss | ats ne pättāñäkte pä |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


