kauṣeñca

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Meaning:	“killing”
Word class:	adjective
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	koṣant
Lexeme variants:	kauṣeñca
Number:	singular
Stem:	present
Stem class:	8
Valency:	transitive
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine; feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-a
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	kauṣeñca	kauṣeñca
voc
acc	kauṣeñcai	kauṣeñcai
gen	kauṣeñcantse	kauṣeñcantse
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

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

kauṣeñca

1	IOL Toch 163 a5	/// a5 /// ññ·	kauṣeñca	; yneś ra täṅwä
2	PK AS 2B b1	• anuwasāṃ yamaṣle yente	kauṣeñca	। 90-3 ॥ rāsnārāṭhaphalatrikāb2mṛtalatāyuk{ṣ→p}añcamulī
3	PK AS 7M a4	teki tanaulyko ; preke	kauṣeñca	läkleñ ktsaitsäññe yolo ;
4	THT 11 b2	/// 1σ b2	kauṣeñca	; yokye kleś ;
5	THT 31 a6	wikṣeñca yarkesa : srukalñe	kauṣeñca	; snai tsnamñe ;
6	THT 66 a2	·m(a)r mā ; yat	kauṣe(ñca)	(wes) /// a3 ///