knānmuneyntu
| Cite this page as: | "knānmuneyntu". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_A_knānmuneyntu (accessed 12 Feb. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | Carling et al. 2009: “knowledge” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TA |
| Equivalent in TB: | aiśamñe |
| Lexeme variants: | knānmuneyntu; knānmūneyntu; knāṃmuneyntu |
| Number: | plural |
| Stem: | present |
| Stem class: | 6 |
| Case: | nominative; accusative |
| Gender: | alternating |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -Ø |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -ntu |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| 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
knānmuneyntu
| 1 | A 237 a2 | ; arsānt śāwaṃ ; | (kn)ānmun(eyntu) | ; a3 7σ 25σ |
knāṃmuneyntu
| 1 | A 243 b3 | ; aśupṣi : tri | knāṃmuneyntu | ; pāpṣune plyaskeṃ ; |
knānmūneyntu
| 1 | A 218 a6 | pāpṣūne ; tsraṣṣūneyntu ; | knānmūneyntu | ; sny āk pñī |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, Georges-Jean Pinault, and Werner Winter. 2009. A dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Volume 1: Letters a-j. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
