koṣlyes
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| Meaning: | “to destroy, kill” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to kill” |
| Word class: | adjective |
| Language: | TA |
| Lexeme variants: | koṣlyes |
| Number: | plural |
| Stem: | present |
| Stem class: | 8 |
| Case: | accusative |
| Gender: | masculine |
Paradigm
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Lexeme family
- ko-
- ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv
- ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv.prs8
sg.act pl.act 1 koṣāwā, kosam 2 koṣt 3 koṣā, koṣ koseñc - koṣant “destroying, killing”
ptcp.prs8
sg.m sg.f pl.m pl.f nom koṣant koṣant acc koṣäntāṃ koṣäntāṃ koṣäntās koṣäntās gen koṣäntāśśi koṣäntāśśi all koṣäntāsac koṣäntāsac - kossi “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
inf.n.prs8
sg nom kossi acc kossi - koṣäl “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
part.prs8
pl.m acc koṣlyes
- koṣant “destroying, killing”
ptcp.prs8
- ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv.subj1/2
sg.act pl.act 3 koṣ, koś-śi kāweñc - ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv.pret3
sg.act 3 kosā-m - ko- “to kill” “to destroy, kill” gv.prs6
- ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv.prs8
- ko- “to kill”
“to destroy, kill”
gv
Occurrences
koṣlyes
| 1 | A 71 a6 | a6 /// (ana)pr-äk | koṣlyes | koṣäntās candālās kākkuräṣ träṅkäṣ |
Bibliography
Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.


