kaknuṣ

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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:	kaknuṣ
Number:	plural
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

kaknuṣ

1	A 222 a2	100-{2→3} rapurñe(yo) ; (cem)	(kaknuṣ)	; – – a3 (pärko)
2	A 256 a8	ñäkta(ñ) – – – – – – – a8 – –	kaknuṣ	ṣitsrāk pärkoṣ tākeñc mät
3	A 345 b2	tr(i) w(ä)knā ñäkci y(āt)l(u)b2neyo	kaknuṣ	śtwar wäknā wsāluyo śtwar
4	A 354 b5	b5 – k· – –	kaknuṣ	yomnāseñc kuyalte täm mā
5	A 402 a2	/// a2 ///	(kak)nuṣ	āṅkarū ṣeñc-äṃ ॥ s·e
6	THT 2054 a2	/// a2 /// tseyntuyo	kaknuṣ	mä /// b1 ///
7	YQ N.1 a1	a1 /// känt tspokäntuyo	kaknuṣ	motaki ṣtāmäntwaṃ pākrä mä(s)k(aṃt)rä
8	YQ N.1 b4	b4 /// rakyo	kaknuṣ	yāp mskaṃtär : –

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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