neṣiñi

Cite this page as:	"neṣiñi". 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_neṣiñi (accessed 15 Oct. 2024).
Meaning:	“prior, previous” Carling and Pinault 2023: “earlier, before”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	nauṣaññe
Lexeme variants:	neṣiñi
Number:	plural
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-iṃ; -inäṃ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-iñi

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	neṣi		neṣiñi
voc
acc	neṣiṃ, neṣinäṃ		neṣinäs	neṣinās
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• neṣā “before”
  • neṣi “earlier, before” “prior, previous”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	neṣi	neṣiñi
    acc	neṣiṃ, neṣinäṃ	neṣinäs	neṣinās

  • neṣo “leading, being first”

    	sg.m
    nom	neṣo
    gen	neṣontāp

  • neṣontā “in the lead”
  • neṣorñeyum “having ... as prerequisite, preceded by ...” “of the past (?)”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	neṣorñeyum	neṣorñeyumiṃ	neṣorñeyumäṣ

Occurrences

neṣiñi

1

A 22 b2

॥ subhādrenaṃ ॥ ptāñktañ

neṣiñi

; prattika b3 – –

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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