pele

Cite this page as:	"pele". 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_pele (accessed 12 Apr. 2026).
Meaning:	“manner, way [of expression], rule, law, regulation”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	pal
Lexeme variants:	pele
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine_singular
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-e
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-e

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pele
voc
acc	pele
gen
loc	pelene
comit	pelempa
inst
abl	pelemeṃ
perl	pelesa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• pele “manner, way [of expression], rule, law, regulation” msg

  	sg
  nom	pele
  acc	pele
  loc	pelene
  comit	pelempa
  abl	pelemeṃ
  perl	pelesa

Occurrences

pele

1	IOL Toch 214 a7	al·e° /// a7 ///	pel(e)	ṣarne paine meleṃ klautsne
2	Kz-211-ZS-R-06 a5	ka tsamṣän-me preke se	(p)el(e)	: 4 mā taikne
3	PK AS 5A a5	; a5 snai	pele	mā ; pāloymar ;
4	SI B 119(2) b2	/// (yä)b2rpone snai	pele	eṅkormeṃ rerinorme(ṃ) pelai(kne) ///
5	THT 3 b1	preke ; mā snai	p(e)le	yāmṣyeṃ : cwi lānte
6	THT 93 a4	ñake tākaṃ mā ñi	pele	ste waike weṃtsi (tumeṃ)
7	THT 128 b2	(•) – – – – – ; snai	pele	y(ā)mtä(r) ; tättä ///
8	THT 597 a5	krentä(ṃne) (60-7) (kus)e (k)ārsaṃ	pe;le	yäkne ; ai
9	THT 1110 a5	tona-k rekauna yentukäñe	pele	weṣ(le) (॥) (śṛṇ)otu bh(ada)nt(a)
10	THT 1110 b2	nab2no toykk rekauna yeṃtukäñe	pele	(sāṅ)käśc(ä) weṣä(le) (॥) śṛṇotu