napeñi
| Cite this page as: | "napeñi". 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_napeñi (accessed 17 Nov. 2025). |
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| Meaning: | Carling and Pinault 2023: “human being, mortal” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Lexeme variants: | napeñi |
| Number: | plural |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | napeṃ | napeñi | |
| voc | |||
| acc | napenäs | ||
| gen | napenäśśi | ||
| loc | napeṃsaṃ, napeṃsan-äk | ||
| comit | napeṃsaśśäl | ||
| inst | |||
| abl | napeṃnäṣ | ||
| perl | |||
| all | napeṃsac | ||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- napeṃ “human being, mortal”
m
sg pl nom napeṃ napeñi acc napenäs gen napenäśśi loc napeṃsaṃ, napeṃsan-äk comit napeṃsaśśäl abl napeṃnäṣ all napeṃsac
Occurrences
napeñi
| 1 | A 254 a5 | ; śamantarr ats ; | napeñi | : wäṣt ā(ṣā)a6(nikāñ) ; |
| 2 | A 257 a8 | tkanā āk(āśā) (ñäktañ) a8 | (nape)ñi | tsopatsäṃ ynāñ(muneyo) (ā)ṣānikāṃ metrakäṃ |
| 3 | A 312 b6 | käṣṣi;nā kārmeṃ : ñäktañ | napeñi | ; pälkānt (āla)b7m wäc |
| 4 | A 314 a4 | (ālykes) (loka)dhātuṃnwäṣ lwā pretāñ | na(peñi) | puk anapär lmoṣṣ oki |
| 5 | A 315 and 316 b3 | : pälkānt ñäktañ ; | na(peñi) | ; /// 4σ /// |
| 6 | A 315 and 316 b6 | pälkātär tämyo puk ñäktañ | napeñi | mtsā(ṣ) (ṣu) (orto) (lkeñcäṃ) |
| 7 | A 320 b5 | klopant mrasar : ñäktañ | napeñi | nu ; wno /// |
| 8 | A 344 b4 | ; kaṣt yokeyo : | napeñi | ṣme ; b5 (śärmeyo) |
| 9 | A 447 b4 | b4 /// kā /// | napeñi | mänt aśśi tām praṣtaṃ |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


