koṣtar

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Meaning:	“to hit, beat”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	koṣtar
Person:	third
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	koṣt, koṣt-ñi	koṣtar, koṣtar-äṃ

Lexeme family

• koṣtā-
  • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv
    • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	koṣtam
      3		koṣteñc

      • koṣtlaṃ part.subj5

        	pl.f
        nom	koṣtlaṃ

      • koṣtlune “striking” “killing” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	koṣtlune
        acc	koṣtlune
        gen	koṣtluneyis
        inst	koṣtluneyo
        perl	koṣtluneyā

        • koṣtluneṣi “belonging to a striking” subj5

          	sg.m	sg.f
          acc	koṣtluneṣiṃ	koṣtluneṣiṃ

    • koṣtā- “to hit, beat” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	koṣt, koṣt-ñi	koṣtar, koṣtar-äṃ

      • kākoṣtu “to hit, beat” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kākoṣtu	kākoṣtuṣ

Occurrences

koṣtar

1

A 149 a4

ksär-k a4 /// mpäc

koṣtar

pontsāṃ kapila – – – – – – – (śuddha)doṃ