kauṣentai

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Meaning:	“killer, murderer”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kauṣentai
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	masculine; feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-a
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-añ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kauṣenta
voc
acc	kauṣentai
gen
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

kauṣentai

1	PK AS 4A b3	ṣ b3 krentäṃnne :	kauṣentai	ra ; sanaṃne ;
2	PK AS 5C a6	; po saṃsārṣṣi :	kaub1(ṣ)entai	ra ; sannaṃnne ;
3	PK NS 25 and 26 b5	källoyeṃ ; po saṃsā(rṣ)ṣi	kauṣentai	ra ; sanaṃnne ;
4	PK NS 27 a4	kuce ṣ krentäṃne :	kauṣ(e)ntai	ra ; sanaṃne ;
5	THT 127 a3	; wroccu wlo ;	kauṣentai	ra ; yakṣentsa 20-5