kärnäṣtär

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Meaning:	“to hit, beat”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kärn-
Lexeme variants:	kärnäṣtär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• kärn-
  • kärn- “to hit, beat” gv
    • kärn- “to hit, beat” gv.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	kakräṃ

      • kakärnu “to hit, beat” part.pret2

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kakärnu	kakärnuṣ

    • kärn- “to hit, beat” gv.prs8

      	sg.mid
      3	kärnäṣtär

      • kärnäsmāṃ “hitting, beating” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ
        acc	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ	kärnäsmāṃ

    • kärn- “to hit, beat” gv.subj9
      • kärnāṣlune “state of being struck” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	kärnāṣlune
        acc	kärnāṣlune