caṅkär

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Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “to hinder, withhold”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	täṅk-
Lexeme variants:	caṅkär

Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	3
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

täṅk-
- täṅk- “to hinder, withhold” gv
  - täṅk- “to hinder, withhold” gv.prs8
    
    sg.act sg.mid pl.mid
    
    2 täṅkäṣtār
    
    3 täṅkäṣ täṅksantär
    - täṅkṣant “hindering” ptcp.prs8
      
      sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f
      
      nom täṅkṣant täṅkṣant täṅkṣantāñ täṅkṣantāñ
    - täṅkässi “to hinder, withhold” inf.n.prs8
      
      sg
      
      nom täṅkässi
      
      acc täṅkässi
    - täṅkṣäl “to hinder, withhold” part.prs8
      
      sg.m
      
      nom täṅkṣäl
  - täṅk- “to hinder, withhold” gv.subj7
    
    sg.act
    
    3 täṅkñäṣ
  - täṅk- “to hinder, withhold” gv.pret3
    
    pl.act
    
    3 caṅkär
  - täṅk- “to hinder, withhold” gv.subj1
    - täṅklune “to hinder, withhold” abstr.n.subj1
      
      sg
      
      nom täṅklune
      
      acc täṅklune

Occurrences

caṅkär

1

; wätsyās śāwaṃ ;

swāñceṃ ; koa5(ñ-ñäktes) (ārkyan)t{†ä}

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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