preti
| Cite this page as: | "preti". 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_preti (accessed 23 Jan. 2026). |
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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: | preti |
| Number: | plural |
| 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
preti
| 1 | IOL Toch 235 b2 | b2 /// lw(ā)sa • | preti | • śtwāra – /// |
| 2 | PK NS 39 a6 | nträ ; räddhiścä 40-5 | preti | śanmyeṃ ; pakwāri ; |
| 3 | PK NS 162 a2 | /// a2 /// (ta)llāñco | preti | reskeṃ kä(ly)m(i)-kkälymi – ks· |
| 4 | THT 333 b9 | lkātsi känmaskeṃ nāki yakṣi | preti | kumbhāṃṇḍi – – – – – |
| 5 | THT 522 a4 | ñ snai śwātsi yoktsi | preti | mä /// a5 aṅkaiṃ |
