kotnaṣ

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Meaning:	“to split, cleave” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to split”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	kautā-
Lexeme variants:	kotnaṣ
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	6
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	kotnaṣ	kotnec

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

kotnaṣ

1	A 64 a1	wkäṃ tiri mättak päknāmo	kotnaṣ	• wät kus ne
2	A 64 a2	nuṃ nuṃ a2	(kotnaṣ)	(trit) (kus) (ne) āṣtraṃ
3	A 64 a2	śolā pāssi wärporäṣ päknāmo	kotnaṣ	ceṣ tri wäknā wrasañ
4	A 64 a5	(mättak) ; (pä)knāmo ;	kotnaṣ	āknats : śāmāṃ penu

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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