kaknunt

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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:	kaknunt
Number:	plural; singular
Stem:	preterite
Case:	nominative; accusative; accusative
Gender:	feminine; 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

kaknunt

1	A 153 b3	cämplune cam ṣūraṃ waryo	kaknunt	ku /// b4 ///
2	A 153 b6	śkaṃ pättāñkät käṣṣi waryo	kaknunt	kuñcit(ṣ)i ṣälyp mamä ·
3	A 256 a6	metrakäṃ ptāñkät yetwes lakṣaṇäsyo	kaknunt	(parnontsāṃ) (kapśiññā) (pä)a7lkoräṣ weyeṃ
4	YQ V.1 a2	yetwe wampe yātlune kär-paräṃnyo	kaknunt	mä /// a3

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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