prete
| Cite this page as: | "prete". 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_prete (accessed 07 Dec. 2025). |
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| Meaning: | Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst] |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | pret |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. preta- |
| Lexeme variants: | prete |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | prete | preti | |
| voc | |||
| acc | |||
| gen | preteṃts | ||
| loc | pretenne | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
| perl | |||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
- prete Kind of ghost [usually suffering extreme hunger and thirst]
m
sg pl nom prete preti gen preteṃts loc pretenne - preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
sg.m sg.f nom preteṃṣṣe acc preteṃṣṣe preteṃṣṣai
- preteṃṣṣe “pertaining to the preta ghosts”
Occurrences
prete
| 1 | IOL Toch 570 a1 | /// – nrai lwāsa | prete | /// a2 /// l·e |
| 2 | THT 522 a3 | weṣṣiye aṅkaiṃ y(āmor) śuwaṃ | prete | – – – – lāṣmoṃ ṣänäskeṃ epe |
| 3 | THT 1637.e b4 | – ñu tāka – | prete | – – /// |
