käṣṣī

See also: kassi

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *käṣṣī (whence also Tocharian B käṣṣī), from there uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to proclaim, point out, instruct”), and cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śāsti, “to teach, instruct, rule”).

Noun

käṣṣī m

1. teacher

Declension

Declension of käṣṣi	Singular	Plural
Nominative	käṣṣi	käṣṣiñ
Genitive	käṣṣiyāp	käṣṣiśśi
Oblique	käṣṣiṃ	käṣṣis
Instrumental	käṣṣinyo	käṣṣisyo
Perlative	käṣṣinā	käṣṣisā
Comitative	käṣṣinaśśäl	käṣṣisaśśäl
Allative	käṣṣinac	käṣṣisac
Ablative	käṣṣinäṣ	käṣṣisäṣ
Locative	käṣṣinaṃ	käṣṣisaṃ

Tocharian B

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *käṣṣī (whence also Tocharian A käṣṣī), from there uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s- (“to proclaim, point out, instruct”), and cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śāsti, “to teach, instruct, rule”).

Noun

käṣṣī m

1. teacher, master

Derived terms

• käṣṣīññe (“the quality of being a teacher”)
• käṣṣīṣṣe (“pertaining to a teacher”)

Further reading

• Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “käṣṣī”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 187-188