karsatsi

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Meaning:	“to know, understand, recognize”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	karsatsi
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	karsatsi
voc
acc	karsatsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	karsatsiśc
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

karsatsi

1	IOL Toch 75 a6	nāpra(sannena) /// a6 ///	(ka)rsatsi	• saṃrambhabahu(lena) /// a7
2	IOL Toch 109 a4	a4 /// (kuśalamū)lnta ;	karsatsi	mā yāt(aṃ) ; to°
3	IOL Toch 156 a2	klyauṣalle se te campäṃ	karsatsi	cwi sā – ///
4	IOL Toch 183 b5	– śaumoṃ eṅtsi cau	karsatsi	ñaṣträ ku(s)e ///
5	PK AS 16.2 b5	(klau)tsaisa klyaussi kätkor ekamätte	karsatsi	• eṃṣke nemce ylai-ñäkte
6	PK AS 19.5 a2	śtwer lāntäṃtsa warñai yātalñentasa	karsatsi	ñäṣṣalle ॥ tumeṃ tapatriśne
7	Sb-003-ZS-L-03 a1	kameṃ tunts(e) ṣṣotri paiykāre	karsa(tsi)	(–) k· –
8	SI P 1 b5	• klainaṃts śamaśkaṃts ;	karsatsi	(sak)w n(ā)rm ; ci
9	SI P 2 b5	tañ sätkau ; po	karsa(tsi)	; (ṣa)ñ akāśe ;
10	THT 33 a3	; tak= ānaiśai ;	karsatsi	: 1 a4 yāmor
11	THT 149 a4	a4 śco pelaikne auspa	karsatsi	/// /// ści – –
12	THT 192 a2	śtwāra smṛtyupasthāṃnta a2 -ne	karsatsi	skainālle kuse śak okt
13	THT 581 a5	a5 /// ṣ ·aiññe	karsatsi	kleśanma b1 /// ·u
14	THT 1268 b2	/// b2 /// soṃ	karsatsi	– – skai wi ñci