āntseṃ

Cite this page as:	"āntseṃ". 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_B_āntseṃ (accessed 11 May 2026).
Meaning:	“shoulder”; “element”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	es
Lexeme variants:	āntseṃ
Number:	plural
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
voc
acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
gen		antseṃts
loc	āntsene
comit
inst
abl	āntsemeṃ
perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• āntse “shoulder” “element” m

  	sg	pl	du
  nom	āntse	āntsi	antsane
  acc	āntse	āntseṃ	antsane
  gen		antseṃts
  loc	āntsene
  abl	āntsemeṃ
  perl	āntsesa	āntsentsa

  • antseṣṣe “pertaining to the skandhas”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	antseṣṣe
    acc	antseṣṣe	antseṣṣai

Occurrences

āntseṃ

1	IOL Toch 170 a1	a1 °n-me :	āntseṃ	dhatunma ā° /// a2
2	IOL Toch 177 a2	a2 /// pañäkte pīś	āntseṃ	mā pe° /// a3
3	IOL Toch 802 b2	/// °ṣṣī sūtärne piś	āntseṃ	weña /// b3 ///
4	IOL Toch 998 a3	a3 tse kwālñe •	āntseṃ	ṣaläṣṣälñe ṣotrī ·e ///
5	PK AS 5A b4	āñm{†ä} karsoym ; pīś	āntseṃ	; mā-ṣe(kaññeṃ) 18σ (10)
6	PK AS 5B b4	p(e)laikne ; ok tmān=	āntseṃ	: ṣe keklyauṣor ;
7	PK AS 5D a5	: kärsanalyeṃ ; pīś	āntseṃ	; paramārthä ; karsoym
8	PK NS 24 a2	pelaikne ; ok tman=	āntseṃ	: ṣe keklyauṣor ea3(ñcīmar)
9	PK NS 25 and 26 a1	pelaikne ; ok tmān=	(ā)ntseṃ	: ṣe keklyauṣor ;
10	PK NS 56 b5	: tasemane po pīś	āntseṃ	; tserekwa ka kärsoṣ
11	PK NS 169 a1	a1 /// – ñ	(ā)ntseṃ	pelaikne yärm ka ///
12	THT 3 a8	m· śūkene ; wrocc=	āntseṃ	karākna : ṣem= ā(ntseme)ṃ
13	THT 170 a2	dr(a) /// a2 pi(ś)	ā(ntse)ṃ	preñcai ś· – – vā
14	THT 601 a5	īkäṃ klautkentsa · ///	(ā)b1ntseṃ	āñm añma /// b2