kele
| Cite this page as: | "kele". 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_kele (accessed 23 Jan. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “navel, center” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Lexeme variants: | kele |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | kele | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | kele | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- kele “navel, center”
m
sg nom kele acc kele
Occurrences
kele
| 1 | IOL Toch 466 a1 | a1 /// | k(e)le | ywārśka miṣe k(are) /// |
| 2 | PK AS 7M b5 | /// r ; (k)ātsa | kele | aukseñcä 20-8 oniweṃ ṣītai |
| 3 | THT 73 b2 | ; kätkre wartse ; | kele | b3 ywārśka ; mīṣe |
| 4 | THT 389 a5 | a5 /// – – ñätkatai | kele | ścma-ne yo(ktsi) /// 28σ |
