kerke

Cite this page as:	"kerke". 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_kerke (accessed 10 Feb. 2026).
Meaning:	“fetter”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kerke
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
nom	kerke
voc
acc	kerke
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kärk-
  • kärk- “to bind” gv
    • kerke “fetter” m

      	sg
      nom	kerke
      acc	kerke

      • kerketse “pertaining to fetters” “(n.) fetter”

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kerketse
        acc		kerketseṃ

    • kärk- “to bind” gv.prs9a
      • karkäṣṣälyñe “to bind” abstr.n.prs9a

        	sg
        nom	karkäṣṣälyñe
        acc	karkäṣṣälyñe

      • kärkaṣṣäle “to bind” part.prs9a

        	sg.m
        nom	kärkaṣṣäle

    • kärk- “to bind” gv.pret3
      • kekkärku “to bind” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	kekkärku