ākntsuneyis

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Meaning:	Carling et al. 2009: “ignorance, stupidity”
Word class:	noun
Word subclass:	abstract
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	aknātsaññe
Lexeme variants:	ākntsuneyis
Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
Gender:	alternating

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	ākntsune
voc
acc	ākntsune
gen	ākntsuneyis
loc
comit
inst	ākntsuneyo
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

ākntsuneyis

1	A 4 a3	tsmār nāṃtsu knānmune nu	ākntsuneyis	(tsmār) (kä)a4rṣnānt mäṃt ne
2	A 4 b5	nkaluneyaṃ yäṣ tämne-k {n→t}ṣaṃ	ākntsuneyis	cämpluneyā wrasañ puk omäsku(ne)b6yntwaṃ
3	A 7 b2	eṅklis tampewātsune o(te) (tä)b2(preṃ)	ākntsuneyis	empelune kratswsaṃ kar wrasom
4	YQ III.7 a8	a8 5σ ///	(ākntsuneyi)s	tampewātsune • kupre ne

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.