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mentsi

Cite this page as:	"mentsi". 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_mentsi (accessed 27 Jul. 2024).
Meaning:	“sorrow, grief, misery”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	mentsi; meṃntsi; meṃtsi
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	mentsi
voc
acc	mentsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• māntsā-
  • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv
    • mentsi “sorrow, grief, misery” msg

      	sg
      nom	mentsi
      acc	mentsi

      • mentsiñe “solicitude, concernedness”

        	sg
        nom	mentsiñe
        acc	mentsiñe

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.prs6

      	sg.mid
      3	mantsanatär

      • mantsanamane “being sorrowful” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	mantsanamane	mantsanamane	mantsanamane	mantsanamane
        acc	mantsanamane	mantsanamane	mantsanamane	mantsanamane

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.prs2

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	meṃṣtär	meṃsentär

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.subj5

      	pl.mid
      3	māntsantär

      • māṃtsalyñe “sorrow” abstr.subj5

        	sg
        nom	māṃtsalyñe
        acc	māṃtsalyñe

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.mid
      1	meṃṣīmar

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.pret1

      	sg.mid
      3	mantsāte

    • mānts- “to be sorrowful” gv.impf2

      	pl.act
      3	meṃṣīyen-me

Occurrences

meṃntsi

1

THT 99 a6

walo kuce ṣarmtsa ce

meṃntsi

m· ·e b1

mentsi

1	IOL Toch 87 a4	a4 …m eva •	mentsi	– – – ·ā – ·e
2	IOL Toch 169 b6	pruccamñe cenmeṃ : tusa	mentsi	b7 /// …loy :
3	PK AS 7K a6	nesänn weṣ tallāñc«†ä» •	mentsi	k(r)a(son)e ; (cey) (am)iśkaṃ
4	PK AS 7L b2	ṣä – – – ; snai	mentsi	pakuträ kutampemeṃ wāki ;
5	PK AS 12D b5	ñäśämpā ṣesa ra śäṃmi-ne	mentsi	; kwīpemp= ererätse 1
6	PK NS 163 b6	mentsauna* is the first attestation of the plural of	mentsi	‘sorrow’. This form stands out in comparison to the plurals of other nominalized infinitives, such as śwātsi , which have an -anma plural. This form follows the pattern of reki , rekauna
7	SHT 6609 b3	/// (skwass)o(nt) ṣek snai	me(nts)i	///
8	THT 119 a6	(kreñce)a6pi katkauñña mäsketrä yolopi	mentsi	• krent y«a/o»laiṃ camelne
9	THT 210 b2	rsnal· /// b2 nts	m(e)nts(i)	/// b3 rṣāki ///
10	THT 284 a6	; mäskenträ a6 4	mentsi	kukäṣälyñe ; pälskontse ra
11	THT 295 b6	waimene b6 kuce twe	mentsi	; yamästä ; kucene
12	THT 295 b7	; śle-oko ; pika	mentsi	; ab8(ñmameṃ) mentsisā krui
13	THT 512 b1	/// b1 /// (te)ki	mentsi	krasonta proskai /// b2

meṃtsi

1	G-Su 1 a1	preksaume ; kā snai	meṃtsi	; kläṃtsañcer
2	IOL Toch 144 a1	5σ ; – snai	meṃtsi	; kakāccu : pärmaṅsa
3	IOL Toch 862 b3	/// (mā) (n)e(sä)ṃ	meṃtsi	kutame(ṃ) (prosko) /// b4
4	PK NS 152 a1	a1 ne snay āñu	meṃ(tsi)	/// a2 (tsi)rauñesa :
5	THT 406 b4	/// b4 /// yt	meṃtsi	: ñiś we ///
6	THT 1345.b a4	l·e – tsñe snai	meṃtsi	ṣek snai a5 ///