kossi

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Meaning:	“to destroy, kill” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to kill”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	kossi
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kossi
voc
acc	kossi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

    • ko- “to kill” “to destroy, kill” gv.subj1/2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	koṣ, koś-śi	kāweñc

      • kolune “to kill” “to destroy, kill” abstr.n.subj1/2

        	sg
        nom	kolune
        acc	kolune
        gen	koluneyis
        inst	koluneyo
        abl	koluneyäṣ

        • koluneṣi “belonging to a killing” subj1/2

          	sg.m
          nom	koluneṣi
          acc	koluneṣiṃ

    • ko- “to kill” “to destroy, kill” gv.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	kosā-m

      • kāko “to kill” “to destroy, kill” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kāko	kākos

    • ko- “to kill” “to destroy, kill” gv.prs6
      • kosmāṃ “destroying, killing” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ
        acc	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ	kosmāṃ

Occurrences

kossi

1	A 65 b1	b1 (cu)	(kossi)	(wotkā) (•) (mäśkit) (träṅ)käṣ
2	A 71 b4	sne maṅk se ;	kossi	wätkṣäll ; ā b5
3	A 77 b5	mā ; pälkoräṣ ;	kossi	wotkā-ṃ (:) (kā)ruṇikāṃ ;
4	A 81 a5	/// a5 /// (ca)ndālāsā	kossi	ākmāṃ riyaṃ ymāṃ pukaṃ
5	A 81 b3	/// koṣäntāśśi tsaraṃ toräṣ	kossi	wotkaṣt rinäs wrasa ///
6	A 222 b2	wäknäṣ ; skāy śkaṃ	kossi	; pättāṃñkät : yāmtsā(t)
7	A 222 b6	wärce : pkāt nuṃ	kossi	; ṣñi mācär ;
8	A 222 b6	praṣtaṃ ; stāt nuṃ	kossi	; pättāṃñkät : mā
9	A 223 a2	/// a2 – – – s{†ä}	kossi	kāmat wāske /// a3
10	A 223 a3	l(o)täk caṃ wramäṣ :	kossi	/// a4 : pontsāṃ
11	A 224 a4	a4 /// särki :	kossi	maudgalyāyanäṃ /// a5 ///
12	A 239 b2	wäknäṣ ; skāy śkaṃ	kossi	; pätt(āṃñ)kä /// 11σ