nenku

Cite this page as:	"nenku". 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_nenku (accessed 12 Aug. 2026).
Meaning:	“(act.) to destroy, lose”; “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	nenku
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ṣ
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	nenku
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• näk-
  • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv
    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	näkṣt
      3	nakṣäṃ	näkseṃ	nakṣtär	näksentär

      • näkṣeñca “destroying” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	näkṣeñca	näkṣeñca
        acc	näkṣeñcai	näkṣeñcai	näkṣeñcaṃ

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	neku-me	nkem
      3		nakäṃ

      • naktsi “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” inf.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	naktsi
        acc	naktsi

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid
      1	nkemar
      3	nśītär, nketär, nketär-me

      • nkelñe “destruction” abstr.m.subj3

        	sg
        nom	nkelñe
        loc	nkelñene

      • nkelle “destroyable” part.subj3

        	sg.m
        nom	nkelle

    • näk- “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	nekwa
      2	nekasta
      3	neksa	neksate, neksate-me	neksante

      • nenku “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	nenku

Occurrences

nenku

1	IOL Toch 108 a2	/// °ts yśelmecce śaiṣṣeṣṣeṃ	nenku	kl(eśanma) /// a3 ///
2	THT 229 b5	: po kleb5śaṃnma ;	nenku	mänte ; näkṣt
3	THT 249.a a3	pernenta ṣem= akṣārsa postaññe	nenku	nā /// b1 ntauna