ñätkär

Cite this page as:	"ñätkär". 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_A_ñätkär (accessed 16 Aug. 2026).
Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “hold off, push away”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ñätkär
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3		ñätkär

Lexeme family

• nätkā-
  • natäk “urge, pressure” m

    	sg
    nom	natäk
    acc	natäk
    inst	natäkyo

  • nätk- “hold off, push away” kaus
    • nätk- “hold off, push away” kaus.pret2

      	sg.mid
      3	nanätkāt

      • ñañitku “hold off, push away” part.pret2

        	sg.m
        nom	ñañitku

    • nätk- “hold off, push away” kaus.prs8
      • nätkässi “hold off, push away” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	nätkässi
        acc	nätkässi

    • nätkā- “hold off, push away” kaus.pret1

      	pl.act
      3	ñätkär

Occurrences

ñätkär

1

A 222 a4

; umparñe : kl(eśāñ)

(ñätkär)

; (śuk) (tkālune) ;

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.