kākoṣtu

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Meaning:	“to hit, beat”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kākoṣtu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-nt
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ṣ

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• koṣtā-
  • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv
    • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	koṣtam
      3		koṣteñc

      • koṣtlaṃ part.subj5

        	pl.f
        nom	koṣtlaṃ

      • koṣtlune “striking” “killing” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	koṣtlune
        acc	koṣtlune
        gen	koṣtluneyis
        inst	koṣtluneyo
        perl	koṣtluneyā

        • koṣtluneṣi “belonging to a striking” subj5

          	sg.m	sg.f
          acc	koṣtluneṣiṃ	koṣtluneṣiṃ

    • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	koṣt, koṣt-ñi	koṣtar, koṣtar-äṃ

      • kākoṣtu “to hit, beat” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kākoṣtu	kākoṣtuṣ

Occurrences

kākoṣtu

1	A 56 b3	mā =ryu praṣtaṃ kāreyo	kākoṣtu	nkatär : ṣäpnasaṃ menāb4(k)
2	A 79 b1	• oṅk träṅkäṣ nātäk	kākoṣtu	nasam ॥ – – – – – – – – b2