ākntsuneṣiṃ

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Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “ignorance, stupidity”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	ākntsuneṣiṃ
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom
voc
acc	ākntsuneṣiṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• knā-
  • knā- “to know” gv
    • āknats “ignorant, foolish”

      	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
      nom	āknats	āknats	ākntsāñ
      acc	āknatsäṃ
      gen				ākntsāśśi

      • ākntsune “ignorance, stupidity” n

        	sg
        nom	ākntsune
        acc	ākntsune
        gen	ākntsuneyis
        inst	ākntsuneyo

        • ākntsuneṣi “ignorance, stupidity”

          	sg.m
          acc	ākntsuneṣiṃ

    • knā- “to know” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	knānam
      2	knānat
      3	knānaṣ	knāneñc

      • knānmāṃ “a wise person” “knowing” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ
        acc	knānmānäṃt, knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmānäñcäṣ, knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ
        gen	knānmāntāp		knānmāñcäśśi
        loc			knānmāñcsaṃ

        • knānmune “knowledge” n.prs6

          	sg	pl
          nom	knānmune	knānmuneyntu
          acc	knānmune	knānmuneyntu
          gen	knānmuneyis
          loc	knānmuneyaṃ
          inst	knānmuneyo
          abl	knānmuneyäṣ
          perl	knānmuneyā
          all	knānmuneyac

          • knānmuneṣi “related to knowledge” prs6

            	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
            nom	knāṃmuneṣi	knāṃmuneṣi	knānmuneṣiñi
            acc	knānmuneṣiṃ

      • knānal “to be known” part.prs6
      • knānal “knowing” abstr.n.prs6

        	sg
        nom	knānal
        acc	knānal

Occurrences

ākntsuneṣiṃ

1

A 4 b6

ne nu knānmuneṣiṃ vajramukhenyo

ākntsune(ṣiṃ)

Bibliography

Carling et al. 2009

Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.