kaksu

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Meaning:	“(mid.) to come to extinction”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kaksu
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	kaksu
voc
acc		kaksunt
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• käs- “extinguish”
  • käs- “(mid.) to come to extinction” gv
    • E_A_käs_gv_prs2 “(mid.) to come to extinction” gv.prs2

      	pl.act
      3	kseñc

    • käs- “(mid.) to come to extinction” gv.subj3
      • ksalune “extinction” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	ksalune
        acc	ksalune
        loc	ksaluneyaṃ
        perl	ksaluneyā
        all	ksaluneyac

        • ksaluneṣi “extinction” subj3

          	sg.f
          nom	ksaluneṣiṃ

    • käs- “(mid.) to come to extinction” gv.pret
      • kaksu “(mid.) to come to extinction” part.pret

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kaksu
        acc		kaksunt

  • käs- “to let come to extinction” kaus
    • käs- “to let come to extinction” kaus.pret2

      	pl.mid
      3	kaksānt

Occurrences

kaksu

1	A 109 a2	ṣtām posaṃ naṣt ;	kaksu	a3 2σ 12σ 7σ
2	A 314 a8	; kā(w)älte ; ṣñike=	kaksu	: 2 wsā yokāṃ
3	A 320 a2	/// ñcäm : 1	kaksu	ksalune(yac) ; (oki) (yt)si