nakät

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Meaning:	“(act.) to destroy, lose”; “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” Carling and Pinault 2023: “(tr.) destroy, lose”; “(itr.) perish, disappear”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	näk-
Lexeme variants:	nakät
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	preterite
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	0
Valency:	intransitive; transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3				nakät, nakät-ñi, nakt-äṃ, nakt-äm	nakänt, nakänt-äm

Lexeme family

• näk-
  • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv
    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	näkṣāṣt
      3	nkäṣ	näkseñc

      • näkṣäl “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	näkṣäl

      • näkṣant “destroying, losing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	näkṣant	näkṣant	näkṣantāñ	näkṣantāñ

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.prs10

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	näknäṣtär, näknäṣtr-äṃ	nkäṃṣānt, nkäṃsantär, nkäṃsanträ

      • nkäṃsamāṃ “falling into ruin, disappearing” part.prs10

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ
        acc	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ	nkäṃsamāṃ

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	nkatār
      3	nśitär, nkatär	nkantr-äṃ, nkantr-äm

      • nkalune “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	nkalune
        acc	nkalune
        loc	nkaluneyaṃ
        all	nkaluneyac

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret0

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	nakät, nakät-ñi, nakt-äṃ, nakt-äm	nakänt, nakänt-äm

    • näk- “(tr.) destroy, lose” “(itr.) perish, disappear” “(act.) to destroy, lose” “(mid.) to fall into ruin, disappear” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	ñakäṣt
      3	ñakäs	ñakär

      • nanku “having blamed, reprimanded, reproached” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	nanku

        • nankur “having blamed, reprimanded, reproached” abstr.n.pret3

          	sg
          abl	nankuräṣ

Occurrences

nakät

1	A 11 a6	a6 – – ne ;	nakät	śla lāṅk ri: 1
2	A 44 a5	praski /// a5 k	nakät	॥ tmäṣ cem –
3	A 67 b6	täpreṃ wewñuräṣ wlāñkät tmā-k	nakät	॥
4	A 222 a5	(śuk) (tkālune) ; a5	(nakät)	(ā)ttsek ; wsokone :
5	A 269 and 290 b2	(ṣokyo) (kipsu) (nāṃtsu) (ymār)	(na)kät	॥ purṇake träṅkäṣ kuyall
6	A 340 b3	wṣe śl= āsāṃ ;	nakät	kuli tmā-k kū ;
7	PK NS 1 a4	mosaṃ ; kāpñe śol	nakäb1t	: kākmärtikās ; wrassaśśäl
8	YQ I.10 b3	naṣt täpreṃ wewñuräṣ tmā-k	nakät	॥ b4

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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