nāke
| Cite this page as: | "nāke". 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_nāke (accessed 07 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “snake” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | nāg |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. nāga- |
| Lexeme variants: | nāke; nāge |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | nāke | nāgi, nāki | |
| voc | |||
| acc | nākeṃ | ||
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
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Lexeme family
Occurrences
nāke
| 1 | G-Qa 3.A a1 | w(i) (k)ṣu(n)ts(a) (yāśi) (lānt)i | nāke | pik· /// |
| 2 | G-Qa 3.B a2 | wi kṣuntsa yāśi lāa2nti | nāke | pikulne ṣamāne – a3 |
| 3 | Kg-025-ZS-L-01 a1 | ikä(ṃ-wi) (kṣuntsa) (yāśe) (lānti) | (nāke) | (pik·) /// |
| 4 | Kg-025-ZS-L-02 a2 | yāśi l(ā-) a2 nti | nāke | pikulne ṣamāni (ṣmā-) a3 |
| 5 | PK AS 16.1 a6 | (wew)ñoṣäṃ • tumeṃ ārkwi | nāke | k·ek·ä – ta(tw)āṅkaṣ – – |
| 6 | THT 1347 a1 | : tañ käṣṣīññe snai | nāke | /// a2 /// käṣṣiṃ |
nāge
| 1 | PK NS 30 b2 | b2 /// ñem kaklāwau | nāge | āñmä myāskate • mñcuṣk= |
| 2 | THT 174 a3 | ramt kärsanalle taisa rano | nāge | /// a4 kleś karm |
| 3 | THT 350 a3 | : mantanta ksa ṣp{†ä} | nāge | campi pältak swese swāsästsi |
| 4 | THT 1358 a3 | /// a3 /// – | nāge | grä – – – krä nyraṃ |
