kakärnu

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Meaning:	“to hit, beat”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kakärnu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	2
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	kakärnu		kakärnuṣ
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

Occurrences

kakärnu

1	A 212 a6	pälkoräṣ ākär aśnum mokoneyo	kakärnu	/// a7 /// träṅkäṣ
2	YQ II.4 a6	pälkoräṣ ākrä aśnum mokonea6(yo)	(kakärnu)	/// (meträ)kyāp tsarā eṃtsu