knānat

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Meaning:	“to know”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	knānat

Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1	knānam
2	knānat
3	knānaṣ	knāneñc

Lexeme family

knā-

knā- “to know” gv

āknats “ignorant, foolish”

sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f

nom āknats āknats ākntsāñ

acc āknatsäṃ

gen ākntsāśśi
- ākntsune “ignorance, stupidity” n
  
  sg
  
  nom ākntsune
  
  acc ākntsune
  
  gen ākntsuneyis
  
  inst ākntsuneyo
  - ākntsuneṣi “ignorance, stupidity”
    
    sg.m
    
    acc ākntsuneṣiṃ

knā- “to know” gv.prs6

	sg.act	pl.act
1	knānam
2	knānat
3	knānaṣ	knāneñc

knānmāṃ “a wise person” “knowing” part.prs6

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
nom	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ
acc	knānmānäṃt, knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ	knānmānäñcäṣ, knānmāṃ	knānmāṃ
gen	knānmāntāp		knānmāñcäśśi
loc			knānmāñcsaṃ

knānmune “knowledge” n.prs6

sg pl

nom knānmune knānmuneyntu

acc knānmune knānmuneyntu

gen knānmuneyis

loc knānmuneyaṃ

inst knānmuneyo

abl knānmuneyäṣ

perl knānmuneyā

all knānmuneyac
- knānmuneṣi “related to knowledge” prs6
  
  sg.m sg.f pl.m
  
  nom knāṃmuneṣi knāṃmuneṣi knānmuneṣiñi
  
  acc knānmuneṣiṃ

knānal “to be known” part.prs6
knānal “knowing” abstr.n.prs6

sg

nom knānal

acc knānal

Occurrences

knānat

1	A 76 and 83 b2	lko naṣt tä – – –	knānat	tanne tiryā lāntu ///
2	A 76 and 83 b4	/// (yā)mlune yneś	knānat	॥ mäśkit träṅkäṣ päklyoṣ
3	A 78 a5	16σ /// klont :	knāna(t)	ṣ·· (n)āñi ; mät
4	A 361 a2	। pane k_upre ne	knānat	। na ca – – – – – – –
5	YQ II.14 a1	yum kāruṇik wkäṃ pe	knānat	p_ukis sa a2