yamai
| Cite this page as: | "yamai". 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_yamai (accessed 07 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “way, path”; “road [of life]” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | yme |
| Lexeme variants: | yamai |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | accusative |
| Gender: | feminine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -iye |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -ai |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | ymīye | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | yamai | ymaiṃ | |
| gen | |||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | ymaimeṃ | ||
| perl | yamaisa | ||
| all | |||
| caus |
Lexeme family
Occurrences
yamai
| 1 | IOL Toch 43 a2 | (ynemane) a2 rano kartsai | yamai | ynemane rano yolyiyai y(amai) |
| 2 | IOL Toch 43 a2 | yamai ynemane rano yolyiyai | y(amai) | /// a3 nraine |
| 3 | IOL Toch 205 b4 | b4 °kneṃ pikārnta kuce | yamai | eswempe ṣpä /// b5 |
| 4 | IOL Toch 855 b2 | /// b2 /// | yamai | yaneṃ • ॥ aul·o |
| 5 | SI B 121(2) b4 | /// b4 /// källālñe | yamai | ṣp yoli(yai) /// |
| 6 | THT 119 a7 | se y(am) yolyiyai ñä(ś) | (ya)mai | /// (krenta) (yā)b1mornta mākaikne |
| 7 | THT 128 b5 | b5 ; yatt yolyye | yamai | ; waṣämñeṣṣe ; pälskosa |
| 8 | THT 356.a a4 | ṣale /// a4 /// | yamai | yente ·e yaṃ /// |
| 9 | THT 622 b3 | /// b3 /// pälskoṣṣeṃ | yamai | kārsa /// b4 /// |
