knitär

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Meaning:	“to come about, occur” Carling and Pinault 2023: “bring about, come about”; “cause to come about”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kän-
Lexeme variants:	knitär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	optative
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	3
Valency:	intransitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				knitär, knitär-ñi, knitär-ci, knatär, knatr-äm

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

knitär

1

A 24 b6

b6 (sä)s ñi ākāl

knitä(r)

– – – – – (ārkiś)oṣyaṃ : tākim

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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