kanaścer

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Meaning:	“to fulfill (a wish)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kän-
Lexeme variants:	kanaścer
Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	9b
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2		kanaścer
3

Lexeme family

• kän-
  • kän- “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” gv
    • kän- “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” gv.prs9a

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	knastär	knaskentär, knaskentär-ne

    • kän- “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” gv.subj3

      	sg.mid
      3	käñiyoytär, kñītär-ñ, kñītär-c, knetär-ñ, knetär-c, knetär-me

      • knelle “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” part.subj3

        	sg.m
        nom	knelle

      • knelñe “fulfilment” abstr.n.subj3

        	sg
        nom	knelñe
        acc	knelñe
        perl	knelñesa

    • kän- “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” gv.subj1

      	sg.mid
      3	kantär, kantär-ñ

    • kän- “to come about, occur, be fulfilled” gv.pret3
      • kekenu “having occured, been fulfilled” part.pret3

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
        nom	kekenoṣ, kekenu		kekenoṣ
        acc	kekenoṣ		kekenoṣ
        perl		kekenusa

  • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” kaus
    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act
      3	kanaṣäṃ-nne

      • känäṣäle “to fulfill (a wish)” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	känäṣäle

      • kanṣeñca “fulfilling (a wish)” ptcp.prs9b

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kanṣeñca	kanṣeñca

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” kaus.subj9b

      	pl.act
      2	kanaścer

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” kaus.subj5

      	sg.mid
      1	kyānamar

    • kän- “to fulfill (a wish)” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	kyānawa
      2	kyānasta
      3	kyāna	kānare

Occurrences

kanaścer

1

THT 81 b1

ye(s) ñī ce akālk{†ä}

kan(aścer)

(ot) ṅke ñśam(eṃ) śastarṣṣ(e)