kaknu

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Meaning:	“to come about, occur” Carling and Pinault 2023: “bring about, come about”; “cause to come about”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kaknu
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
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	kaknu, kaknunt	kaknunt	kaknuṣ, kaknunt	kaknunt
voc
acc	kaknunt	kaknusāṃ, kaknunt	kaknunt	kaknunt
gen	kaknuntāp
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• kän-
  • kän- “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” gv
    • kän- “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” gv.prs8

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	knäṣtär, knäṣtär-ñi	käṃṣānt, käṃsantär

    • kän- “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid
      3	knitär, knitär-ñi, knitär-ci, knatär, knatr-äm

      • knalune “accomplishment” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	knalune
        acc	knalune
        inst	knaluneyo

    • kän- “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” gv.pret
      • kaknu “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” part.pret

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kaknu, kaknunt	kaknunt	kaknuṣ, kaknunt	kaknunt
        acc	kaknunt	kaknusāṃ, kaknunt	kaknunt	kaknunt
        gen	kaknuntāp

  • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” kaus
    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” kaus.prs8

      	pl.act	pl.mid
      3	käṃseñc	käṃsanträ

      • käṃṣant “fulfilling (a wish)” “becoming” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	käṃṣant	käṃṣant

      • knäsmāṃ “fulfill (a wish)” “becoming” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ
        acc	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ	knäsmāṃ

      • knässi “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	knässi
        acc	knässi

      • käṃṣäl “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	käṃṣäl

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      1	knāsam, knāsam-ci

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      3	kakäṃ

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” “become” kaus.imp1/3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pkanā-ñi	päknäs

Occurrences

kaknu

1	A 5 a3	tāṣ penu (wra)a3som arämpātyo	kaknu	lkātsi kāswe knānmune ats
2	A 20 b5	märkampalntu kärso pāpṣune knānmuneyo	kaknu	ārkiśoṣi kärso sne lyutār
3	A 21 a3	dvipäntwā kākmärtik ṣpä(t) (ñe)a3(mi)ntuyo	kaknu	cakravartti wäl nasäl ṣeṣ
4	A 21 b4	kar taṃne wkänyo kāswoneyo	kaknu	tāṣ tmäṣ bṛha(dyu)b5(ti) kuntistsek
5	A 67 a3	yāmläṃ wram yāmäṣt ṣñi	kaknu	tāk te caṃ tñi
6	A 184 b5	anac b5 /// lālaṃṣkuneyo	kaknu	siddhā b6 /// rāhulānäṣṣ
7	A 214 b1	/// b1 /// rṣṣältsuneyo	kaknu	wrasomṣi wākäm kus ne
8	A 268 a4	– a4 /// ·āsyo	kaknu	wärkänt – – – ṣ tämne-k
9	A 270 a6	ñi säm puttiśparṣi āa6(kāl)	(kaknu)	(mäskatär) /// (käl)p(e) puttiśparä(ṃ)
10	A 292 b3	(:) (tām) (kapśiñño) ;	(kaknu)	(naṣ) ; (ārki)b4(ś)oṣṣis ;
11	A 295 a6	lyutār penu knānmune yātluneyo	kaknu	mäskatär lyalypäntwāśśi ta(m)pewātsuneyā nu
12	A 305 a1	a1 /// krās tlentunāsyo	kaknu	wä a2 /// (kä)lym(e)yā
13	A 307 a3	ptāñkät käa3(ṣyāp) (pañ) (ṣurmantyo)	(kaknu)	(ṣeṣ) /// (ka)rmapath kätkāluneyäṣ
14	A 307 a5	koluneyäṣ närkāṣlune päñ ṣurmantyo	kaknu	ṣeṣ : tämne-k ālu
15	A 307 a6	närkāṣlune penu päñ ṣurmantyo	kaknu	ṣeṣ to – b1
16	A 317 a3	tosäṃ tri yātluneyntuyo pukyo	kaknu	ṣeṣ /// (vidyā)a4dhareśśi pkolye
17	A 332 a1	tirintwaṃ : ñy ākāl	kaknu	tāṣ-äm ; pūrpāc śāsaṃ
18	A 335 b6	kyāṃ praṣtaṃ ptāñkät käṣyāp	kaknu	– /// b7 näs
19	A 359 a32	saṃpa(nna) । (p)erākuneyo pāpṣuneyo	kaknu	। tyā /// a33
20	A 408.m a2	/// a2 ///	(ka)knu	yä(r)k· /// a3
21	THT 1531 b4	– – /// b4 ///	kaknu	ekrorñeṣiṃ – /// b5
22	THT 1592.e a1	a1 ///	kaknu	– /// b1 ///
23	THT 2019 b2	b1 – /// b2	kaknu	– /// b3 ·e
24	YQ II.1 b3	kāruṃ kritāṃ tsraṣṣune wärṣṣältsuneyo	kaknu	wrasomṣi wāb4(käm) (kus) (ne)
25	YQ III.4 a5	weñā-ṃ a5 ///	k(a)knu	miṣi tāṣ cam tu
26	YQ III.9 a2	sākroneyo ; kläṣmuneyo ;	kaknu	ñemi ; pissaṅkṣi a3

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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