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 | ||||||
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| 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 - kän- “bring about, come about” “cause to come about” “to come about, occur” gv.pret
- kän- “bring about, come about”
“cause to come about”
“to come about, occur”
gv.prs8
- 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
- käṃṣant “fulfilling (a wish)”
“becoming”
ptcp.prs8
- 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
- kän- “to fulfill (a wish)”
“become”
kaus.prs8
- kän- “bring about, come about”
“cause to come about”
“to come about, occur”
gv
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 : – |
