kärsormeṃ

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Meaning:	“understanding”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kärsormeṃ
Number:	singular
Stem:	preterite
Stem class:	1
Case:	ablative
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø

Paradigm

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

Lexeme family

• kärsā-
  • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv
    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	kärsänau	kärsanam
      2	kärsanat
      3	kärsanaṃ	kärsanoyeṃ	kärsanatär	kärsanantär

      • kärsanalle “knowing, understanding” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärsanalle	kärsanalya

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	karsoym, kārsau, kārsau-ne
      2	kārsāt
      3	karsoy, kārsaṃ	karsoyeṃ	kärsoytär, karsatär

      • karsatsi “to know, understand, recognize” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsatsi
        acc	karsatsi
        all	karsatsiśc

      • karsalñe “to know, understand, recognize” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsalñe
        acc	karsalñe
        perl	karsalñesa

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	śärsāwa, śärsāwa-ne
      2	śärsāsta
      3	śarsa, śärsā-ñ, śirsā-me	śärsāre	kärsāte-ne	kärsānte

      • kärsau “having understood, known” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kärsoṣ, kärsau	kärsoṣ
        acc	kärsoṣ	kärsoṣ

        • kärsor “understanding” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	kärsor
          acc	kärsor
          abl	kärsormeṃ

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pkārsa, pkārsa-ñ	pkarsas

  • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus
    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	śarsäskau
      2		śarsäṣṣicer
      3	śarsäṣṣäṃ-ne	śarsäskeṃ-ne

      • śarsaṣṣäle “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	śarsaṣṣäle

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	śarsäṣṣi

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	śārsasta-ne
      3	śārsa, śārsa-me	śārsare-ne

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.imp1

      	sg.mid
      2	karsar, karsar-me

Occurrences

kärsormeṃ

1	IOL Toch 6 b2	ṣñār ikentane kly(ema)ne mā	(kä)r(s)ormeṃ	onolmi tne-k sportonträ – –
2	IOL Toch 928 a2	a2 ///	(kärso)rmeṃ	• apramā(dasya) /// a3
3	PK AS 7L a6	– – – – – n ; muskālläññe	kärsormeṃ	; mā kca mrausknātär
4	PK AS 15J b6	/// b6 /// mant	kärsormeṃ	mrauskānträ snai /// b7
5	PK AS 16.2 a3	(a)la(nm)e(ṃ) śāmna eṅkalñene nāki	kärsormeṃ	ālyauc(e)ś weñare ॥ katarosine
6	PK AS 16.2 a5	tumeṃ cai eṅkalñentse nāki	kärsormeṃ	koṭanmasa a6 warttone
7	PK AS 17B b2	naumiyenta swāsäṣṣälñeṣṣe wäntare tū	(kä)b3rsormeṃ	śuddhavāsäṣṣi ña(k)t(i) ālyauce(ś) (w)es(k)eṃ
8	PK NS 156 a2	/// (yśe)lm(eṃ) yaikormeṃ pontäṃ	kärs(ormeṃ)	/// a3 /// (wal)āntsaṃ
9	SI B 120(1) b1	/// (menā)k tā kektseñ	kärsormeṃ	• nagaropamaṃ cittam adhi(ṣṭhitaṃ)
10	SI B 120(1) b6	/// b6 ///	kärsormeṃ	30-8 saṃbodhyaṅgeṣu /// b7
11	THT 32 a1	a1 ///	kärsormeṃ	: appamāt yamaskenträ ;
12	THT 32 b5	ce nāky empelye ;	kärsormeṃ	; yarke ynāñmäññentane ;
13	THT 159 a5	/// sa tarya naumīyenta	kärso(rm)e(ṃ)	(ta)karṣkäññe tänmastär-ne • krentaṃ
14	THT 380 a3	/// a3 lskosa palsko	kärsormeṃ	weṣṣäṃ /// a4 ta
15	THT 394 a5	/// ñcepi : maim	kärsormeṃ	pū /// a6 ///
16	THT 1313 a1	– k – – – ṣ	kärsormeṃ	tu /// a2 ///
17	THT 1706 b2	b2 /// – – cw·	kärsormeṃ	/// b3 /// – –
18	THT 1859 b2	no oṅkipṣe te mänt	kärsormeṃ	mrauskanträ snai keś no
19	THT 2259.j a2	papāṣṣu a2 /// ·m·	kärsormeṃ	a3 /// su hi