kete

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Meaning:	“who, which”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	pronoun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kus
Lexeme variants:	kete; ket=; ke=

Number:	singular; plural
Case:	genitive
Gender:	masculine; feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl
nom	k_use	k_use
voc
acc	k_uce	k_uce
gen	ket, kete	ket, kete
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	k_ucesa	k_ucesa
all	k_uceś, k_uceśc	k_uceśc
caus

Lexeme family

k_use “who, which” m/f

sg pl

nom k_use k_use

acc k_uce k_uce

gen ket, kete ket, kete

perl k_ucesa k_ucesa

all k_uceś, k_uceśc k_uceśc

	sg	pl
nom	k_use	k_use
acc	k_uce	k_uce
gen	ket, kete	ket, kete
perl	k_ucesa	k_ucesa
all	k_uceś, k_uceśc	k_uceśc

Occurrences

ket=

1	G-Qa 5 a1	okaur alāse śaumo	ket=	atse – perpete :
2	PK AS 7O a3	a3 /// tusa	ket=	āñme nestsy ewalkaitte tar·o

kete

1	Dd 5.1 a3	a3 /// – ·eṣe	kete	dhyānāntar ram no ā·ai
2	IOL Toch 26 a2	a2 /// – – (samu)cch(innāḥ)	kete	no te kärst(o)r tā(lamastakavad)
3	IOL Toch 62 b1	b1 /// (prek)ṣ(äṃ) •	kete	ṣañ tākaṃ su te
4	IOL Toch 79 a3	a3 /// – re	kete	epyas· /// a4 ///
5	IOL Toch 99 b4	te 30-7 ente śka-maiyya	ke(t)e	/// b5 /// pyāmtsat
6	IOL Toch 114 a3	(a)a3ñmaṃtse mā nesäṃ •	ke(te)	/// a4 ekañiñenta ka(krauparmeṃ)
7	IOL Toch 167 a6	a6 – ṣṣälyi cai	kete	leki ek·e y· pä
8	IOL Toch 181 b2	/// b2 /// °ñcän	kete	no se /// b3
9	IOL Toch 190 b5	āntsi pākri mäskenträ •	kete	sklo(k) /// b6 °sa
10	IOL Toch 214 b4	2σ ··ṃ ñiś ;	kete	wa·i ; – 1σ
11	IOL Toch 234 a5	/// a5 /// –	kete	llekki eśänene ya –
12	IOL Toch 414.a a2	a2 /// n· yāmornta	kete	tāk· y· /// a3
13	IOL Toch 713 b2	/// b2 /// –	kete	nai kca – ///
14	IOL Toch 1243 a1	a1 ///	(ke)te	witsäko k(enne) /// a2
15	Kz-181-QS-R-01 a1	/// – – – – – pikulne paikāwa	kete	wnolme yaitkorone
16	PK AS 7G a6	cai wnolmy aiśalyi ;	kete	yāmor ; mā nanautau
17	PK AS 7L b5	śtwāra trey epe wi	kete	; no kca mäsk(e)tär
18	PK AS 8A b5	kercapaññe yasarsa ṣpä(rka)b5ṣle •	kete	ñemttsa pwarne hom yāmäṃ
19	PK AS 8A b8	ṣ(a)lype pwarne hom yama(ṣä)le	kete	ñemtsa yāmä{ṃ} su mā
20	PK AS 8A b9	(pwa)rne hom yamaṣäle b9	ke(te)	ñemtsa yāmäṃ cwi śaulampa
21	PK AS 8B a2	svātine mot a2	(kete)	ku(rpe)le tākaṃ madanaphalṣe ṣat
22	PK AS 8B a2	khadiräṣṣe ṣat twer(e)ne tsapanale	kete	ñ(e)mtsa yāmäṃ su keto
23	PK AS 8B a3	śireṃ yepesa āśe kärs{t→n}ālya	kete	ñemtsa yāmäṃ su mā
24	PK AS 8B a4	ṣukt näsait yamaṣäle	kete	tverene kātaṃ ce_u osne
25	PK AS 8B a5	śatabhiṣne : campākäṣṣai tāna	kete	ñemtsa pwarne hom yāmäṃ
26	PK AS 8B a6	yamaṣäle taka pwarne ṣaläṣäle	kete	ñemtsa yāmä{ṃ} su ṣu=
27	PK AS 8B a7	morośkaṃ pwarne hom yama(ṣä)a7le	kete	ñemtsa yāmäṃ cwi larauñesa
28	PK AS 8C a5	ñake upacar weñau-ne ॥	kete	ā(ñm)e (t)ākaṃ a6 lāntämpa
29	PK AS 8C a7	lāre mäsketrä {1→2} ॥	kete	no āñme wī aulareṃ
30	PK AS 8C b1	k(auṃ) lyutasken-ne 5 ॥	kete	āñme tākaṃ twer(i) ruwyenträ
31	PK AS 8C b1	tweri rusenträ 6 ॥	ket(e)	(āñ)m(e) tākaṃ (śwātsi) (yoktsi)
32	PK AS 8C b4	teki yinmāṣäṃ 9 ॥	kete	āñme tākaṃ antardhiṣ nessi
33	PK AS 10 a4	w(eñau) /// a4 ///	(kete)	(āñ)m(e) kartse nessi śāñcapo
34	PK AS 13B a5	takarṣkäñ(ñe) /// a5 ///	(kete)	(śau)lt(s)a twe ṣañ śaul
35	PK AS 16.7 a3	/// ntse yakne ste	kete	soy tkācer tākaṃ ostaṣṣa
36	PK AS 16.7 a5	śawaskau pātraisa osta-ost yaskaskemar	kete	karuṃ tsāṅkaṃ sū śwātsi
37	PK AS 17D a6	; (tākaṃ-me) (:) (ārwe)r{†ä}	kete	; naumy(enta) ; etaṅkätte
38	PK AS 17F a5	(k_use) (ste) ; (maiy)y(a)	kete	; po yāmu :
39	PK LC 16.2 a3	saṅkrāmntane pone ślāwa ṣañ	kete	a4 /// l(a)reṃ soyśke
40	PK NS 36 and 20 a4	ci naktsy āñme :	kete	wat no l(kā)tsi āñme
41	PK NS 58 a3	śwātsiśco • śakkārcci panītci	kete	lekki yāvajjīvik adhiṣṭhit mā
42	PK NS 156 b1	/// (witsako) (yo)laiñentse •	kete	ne – /// b2
43	PK NS 156 b2	/// (witsako) ṣpä yolaiñentse	ke(te)	/// b3 /// witsako
44	SHT 6609 b2	/// (sa)nti kopāḥ	kete	– /// b3
45	SI B 97(2) a2	ārttau ; ṣamāṃñe •	kete	akālk ; yūkatsi ;
46	SI B 117 b3	mūlaṃ kṣitau nāsti •	kete	witsako kenne mā nesäṃ
47	THT 31 b7	; mäntañyentär ṣemi :	kete	pkante ; b8
48	THT 93 a6	– – – – – – 7σ (naktsy) (āñme)	(kete)	(wat) (no) ; (lkā)b1tsi
49	THT 145 b1	b1 /// (y)ś(e)lme śīl	kete	prākre manta kewe ///
50	THT 182 a4	j(a)r (t)e k_use ste	kete	/// a5 – – – – jar
51	THT 182 b1	b1 – – – – ṣṣe svapāpättse	kete	nesamane phal· – p·t
52	THT 200 b3	cetaṃ te k_use ste	kete	e • b4 ///
53	THT 277 b2	pälskauntse ; tserekwa ;	ke(t)e	b3 āñme ; karsa
54	THT 278 a1	14σ a1 ;	kete	āñme anaiktaimeṃ ; anaikte
55	THT 572 a1	a1 ///	k(e)te	kca ṅke ayi ///
56	THT 575 a5	; ne cm(e)lane :	kete	ā a6 (ñm)e (tsä)
57	THT 575 b6	yamalle ṣai • tusāksa	kete	yolaine cme b7 lasa
58	THT 576 b7	b7 /// w(ai)ptar akālksa	kete	pācer lare tākaṃ mācer
59	THT 591 b6	/// 2σ b6 – –	(k)ete	no ṣletkäṃ ; karu(ṃ)
60	THT 1105 a4	wäsanma ausormeṃ tu yparwe	kete	kca eṃkäl (śc)o(n)ai is(aly=)
61	THT 1108 b5	r·ṇāgamtsa : wasanpāt yamaṣṣ{e→a}re	kete	tuśca kuślamulänta
62	THT 1123 b3	spaktāṃne papā{ṣo}rñe no te	kete	maiyy(ane) /// b4
63	THT 1355 a7	/// a7 nasti •	kete	krau – – – nesäṃ •
64	THT 1520 a4	/// a4 /// –	kete	vaiśīräṣṣe aräñc{a→e} tago –
65	THT 1548.a a3	paṣ twe cwī śpālmeṃ	kete	kärtse castra parikṣ· keṃ
66	W 2 a6	l· ·i yamaṣṣälona •	kete	ratre krāke totka alā