kᵤse

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See also: kuse, kusé, kuše, kǔsè, and kūsè

Tocharian B

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Alternative forms

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  • se (colloquial)

Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *kuse, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷusó < *kʷos, *kʷis. Compare Tocharian A kus. Almost identical to Albanian kush from Proto-Albanian *kusa.

Pronoun

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kᵤse

  1. (interrogative) who
    Kᵤse [pi] ksa wesäñ kekamor orocce lant sársäṣṣi?
    Who [has] come to us that he might know the great king?
  2. (relative) whoever, who, which, the one who
    [Mā] sū nesäm kᵤse onwaññe tākoy.
    There is no one who is immortal.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kᵤse”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 199-200