ske

Cite this page as:	"ske". 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_ske (accessed 17 Feb. 2026).
Meaning:	“zeal, effort”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	skeye
Lexeme variants:	ske
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ske, ske-kk	skeyañ
voc
acc	ske, ske-kk	skeyas
gen
loc	skeyaṃ
comit
inst		skeyasyo
abl
perl		skeysā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• ske “zeal, effort” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	ske, ske-kk	skeyañ
  acc	ske, ske-kk	skeyas
  loc	skeyaṃ
  inst		skeyasyo
  perl		skeysā

Occurrences

ske

1	A 13 b4	yomnālune ; yātäṣ sne	ske	pñi : 1 pñintuyo
2	A 16 a2	kälpāt ; pñi s{t→n}e	ske	: tämyo kropnulaṃ ;
3	A 17 a3	(wra)a3säṣ lyutār nāṃtsuräṣ sne	ske	lāntune eṃtse tāpärk penu
4	A 67 a1	näṣ camac kātse tämne	ske	yāmam mät ne säm
5	A 109 a6	a6 /// sāräṣ ś·lpatsi	ske	spaltäk aru täm (n)e
6	A 120 a6	– täk tmaṃ säm	ske	spaltäk yāmä – b1
7	A 152 b2	nati wärṣṣälyo cam tämnässi	ske	y·ṣ /// b3 ///
8	A 177 b4	/// pats wraske tsopatsäṃ	ske	spaltäkyo yātaṣ pat mā
9	A 222 a5	(:) (100-5) (sne) (kaś)	(ske)	ypā ; pättāṃñkät ;
10	A 222 a6	(riṣa)kyāp : 100-6 tsopatsäṃ	ske	; spaltäkyo ; tskāt
11	A 226 b3	(läñce) waṣtäṣ metraknac {:}	ske	spaltäk śkaṃ ; yāmūräṣ
12	A 239 a3	: 100-5 sne kaś	ske	ypā ; pättāṃñkät ;
13	A 312 a5	penu ypeyätwäṣ ymār sne	ske	kropant tämne pat nu
14	A 445 a1	/// naṃ tāp sne	ske	pä /// a2 ///
15	IOL Khot 203/7 a1	a1 /// ·i	ske	m· ///
16	PK NS 1 b4	krāmärts wram : lapaṣi	ske	taṃ ; ywārckaṃ mā
17	THT 2384.a a2	/// a2 /// m·	ske	ysā säm po ///
18	THT 2385.y b1	/// b1 /// wr·	ske	ñi /// b2 ///
19	THT 3185 b8	·e – mā – – –	ske	n· – – – po ·ā
20	YQ I.7 a6	(vaiśravaṃ) (śaśärs) /// ·n·	ske	pyām mäṃt ne dakṣiṇāpatṣi
21	YQ III.2 b1	/// lkātsi : pyām	ske	mänt ne ; kälpāmtär