knānmuneyäṣ
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “knowledge” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | aiśamñe |
| Lexeme variants: | knānmuneyäṣ |
| Number: | singular |
| Stem: | present |
| Stem class: | 6 |
| Case: | ablative |
| Gender: | alternating |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -ntu |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nom | knānmune | knānmuneyntu | |
| voc | |||
| acc | knānmune | knānmuneyntu | |
| gen | knānmuneyis | ||
| loc | knānmuneyaṃ | ||
| comit | |||
| inst | knānmuneyo | ||
| abl | knānmuneyäṣ | ||
| perl | knānmuneyā | ||
| all | knānmuneyac | ||
| caus |
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
- ākntsuneṣi “ignorance, stupidity”
- ākntsune “ignorance, stupidity”
n
- 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
- knānmuneṣi “related to knowledge”
prs6
- knānmune “knowledge”
n.prs6
- knānal “to be known” part.prs6
- knānal “knowing”
abstr.n.prs6
sg nom knānal acc knānal
- knānmāṃ “a wise person”
“knowing”
part.prs6
- āknats “ignorant, foolish”
- knā- “to know”
gv
Occurrences
knānmuneyäṣ
| 1 | A 10 a1 | mā nu caṃ täm | knā(nmu)neyäṣ | wärcetswātsuneyā ṣñi pat ālu |
| 2 | A 10 a2 | : wärṣaltsune pe(nu) (wrasa)śśi | knānmuneyäṣ | wärcetswātsuneyā kāripac sparcwaträ mäṃt |
| 3 | A 10 b3 | ॥ täm kaklyu(ṣu)b3(räṣ) (da)śagrive(s) | (knā)nmuneyäṣ | wärcetswātsune prākär māmäntu ṣñi |
| 4 | A 11 a6 | ॥ kupre pat nu | knānmuneyäṣ | pkänt kuss ats ne |
| 5 | A 11 b1 | ats ॥ amoktse penu | knānmuneyäṣ | wärcetswātsu(ne) – b2 a(mo)k |
| 6 | A 93 b2 | b2 /// kärkṣiṃ nu | knānmuneyäṣ | yo empeluneyäṣ pkänt mā |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


