kot

Cite this page as:	"kot". 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_kot (accessed 11 Aug. 2026).
Meaning:	“to split, cleave” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to split”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kautā-
Lexeme variants:	kot
Person:	third
Number:	singular
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		kotas
3	kot

Lexeme family

• kotā-
  • kotā- “to split” “to split, cleave” gv
    • kotā- “to split” “to split, cleave” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	kotnaṣ	kotnec

      • kotnatsi “to split” “to split, cleave” inf.n.prs6

        	sg
        nom	kotnatsi
        acc	kotnatsi

      • kotnaṃt “splitting, cleaving” ptcp.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kotnaṃt	kotnaṃt

    • kotā- “to split” “to split, cleave” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2		kotas
      3	kot

      • kākotu “to split” “to split, cleave” part.pret1
        • kākoturäṣ “to split” “to split, cleave” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          abl	kākoturäṣ

    • kotā- “to split” “to split, cleave” gv.subj5
      • kotlune “splitting” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kotlune
        acc	kotlune
        loc	kotluneyaṃ
        abl	kotluneyäṣ

Occurrences

kot

1	A 11 a4	kroplyāṃ praṣṭā ; (wa)a4rtsi	kot	rāvane ; sne knānmuneyā
2	A 11 a4	eṣlyāṃ praṣṭā ; nati	kot	rākṣtsāśśi ; vibhi(ṣa)a5neṃ –

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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