kauṣäṃ

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Meaning:	“to destroy, kill”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ko-
Lexeme variants:	kauṣäṃ; kauṣän; kauṣn=; kauṣn
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	present
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2					kauṣtär
3	kauṣäṃ	kauseṃ		kauṣtär

Lexeme family

• kau-
  • kau- “to make kill (?)” kaus
    • kau- “to make kill (?)” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act
      1	śauwwa, śauwa-me

  • kau- “to destroy, kill” gv
    • kauṣenta “killer, murderer” agnt.m/f

      	sg
      nom	kauṣenta
      acc	kauṣentai

    • kau- “to destroy, kill” gv.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2				kauṣtär
      3	kauṣäṃ	kauseṃ	kauṣtär

      • kauṣalle “to be killed” part.prs8

        	sg.m
        nom	kauṣalle
        acc	kauṣalye

      • kauṣeñca “killing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kauṣeñca	kauṣeñca
        acc	kauṣeñcai	kauṣeñcai
        gen	kauṣeñcantse	kauṣeñcantse

      • kausemane “to destroy, kill” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	kausemane	kausemane	kausemane	kausemane
        acc	kausemane	kausemane	kausemane	kausemane

    • kau- “to destroy, kill” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      3	kowän

      • kautsi “killing, to kill” inf.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	kautsi
        acc	kautsi
        all	kautsiśc

      • kāwalñe “destroying, killing” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	kāwalñe
        acc	kāwalñe
        perl	kāwalñesa

    • kau- “to destroy, kill” gv.pret3

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	kauwa	kawam
      3	kausa, kausa-ñ	kawar

      • kakāwu “to destroy, kill” part.pret3

        	sg.m
        nom	kakāwu

Occurrences

kauṣäṃ

1	IOL Toch 410 b2	/// b2 /// °ñe	kauṣäṃ	/// b3 /// kl·au
2	PK AS 6B b2	aipoṣä swese olypotse :	kauṣäṃ	mant ra mā yaib3roṣ
3	PK AS 6C a2	; swese mā olypotse	kauṣäṃ	: mäntrākka-k kartse yairoṣ
4	PK AS 6C b1	su ceu palsko päst	kauṣäṃ	; cämpamñe mäb2(s)k(e)tär-n= oṃṣap
5	THT 12 a6	mäkceu preke : krui	kauṣäṃ	aiśau(mye) /// 5σ 2σ
6	THT 33 b7	; taṃtsäṣṣäṃ pya(py)aiṃ ;	kauṣäṃ	okonta : mant tne
7	THT 33 b8	no : ṣamāb8(ññ)e(ṣṣana) ;	(k)au(ṣä)ṃ	okonta : yarke peti
8	THT 44 a5	/// räṃ ; lwāsa	kauṣäṃ	ñke ; wartone :
9	THT 1318 b3	/// b3 /// ·s·	kauṣäṃ	10-3 ॥ ya –
10	THT 1359 b3	cets läkuse tsa po	kauṣäṃ	päst o ///
11	THT 1535.a a2	a2 /// n· nakänma	kauṣäṃ	kärs·aṃ /// a3 ///

kauṣn

1

PK AS 4A b1

lykaśke : tsirauwñeṣṣe ;

kauṣn

āya ; ompalskoṣṣe ;

kauṣän

1

PK AS 6C a7

tsroriṃtsa ; mā wal(k)e

kauṣän

olypotse : mant se

kauṣn=

1	PK AS 6B b3	yaib3roṣ ; palsko no	kauṣn=	eṅkl= olypotse : te-k
2	PK AS 6B b3	ṣpä wāki : ścono	kauṣn=	aknāb4tsaññe ; amāno maute
3	PK AS 6C a2	; palskw eṅkäl mā	kauṣn=	olypotse (:) a3
4	PK AS 6C a3	wāki : ścono mā	kauṣn=	aknātsaṃñ= ; emāno maute
5	PK NS 27 a2	(karsnaṃ) (lykaśke) (t)s(i)rauñeṣṣe ;	kauṣn=	āya ; ompalskoṣṣe ;