kärkñam

Cite this page as:	"kärkñam". 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_kärkñam (accessed 10 Sep. 2024).
Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “to bind, tie”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kärk-
Lexeme variants:	kärkñam
Person:	first
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	7
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	kärkñam
2
3	kärkñiṣ, kärkñäṣ

Lexeme family

• kärk-
  • kärk- “to bind, tie” gv
    • kärkṣiṃ “manacle, chain” n

      	sg	pl
      nom		kärkṣināñ
      acc	kärkṣiṃ
      inst		kärkṣināsyo
      abl		kärkṣināsäṣ

    • kärk- “to bind, tie” gv.subj7

      	sg.act
      1	kärkñam
      3	kärkñiṣ, kärkñäṣ

    • kärk- “to bind, tie” gv.pret3

      	pl.act
      3	śarkr-äm

      • kakärku “to bind, tie” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kakärku, kakärkunt	kakärkunt	kakärkuṣ, kakärkunt	kakärkunt
        acc	kakärkunt	kakärkunt	kakärkunt	kakärkunt

    • kärk- “to bind, tie” gv.imp

      	pl.act
      2	pkärkäs

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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