kautatär

Cite this page as:	"kautatär". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?F_B_kautatär (accessed 08 Mar. 2026).
Meaning:	“to split, cleave”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kotā-
Lexeme variants:	kautatär
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	middle

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	kautoy	kautaṃ		kautatär

Lexeme family

• kautā-
  • kautātstse “breakable, fragile”

    	sg.m
    nom	kautātstse
    acc	kautātstsai

  • kautā- “to split, cleave” gv
    • kautā- “to split, cleave” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	kautanaṃ	kautanoñ-c

    • kautā- “to split, cleave” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      3	kautoy	kautaṃ	kautatär

      • akautatte “unsplittable, uncleavable” priv.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	akautatte
        acc	akautacce

      • kautalle “to split, cleave” part.subj5

        	sg.m
        nom	kautalle
        acc	kautalle

      • kautatsi “to split, cleave” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kautatsi
        acc	kautatsi
        all	kautatsiśc

      • kautalñe “to split, cleave” abstr.m.subj5

        	sg
        nom	kautalñe
        acc	kautalñe

    • kautā- “to split, cleave” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      2	kautāsta
      3	kauta	kautāte	kautāṃte

      • kakautau “having been spilt/broken” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kakautaṣ, kakautau	kakautaṣ
        acc	kakautaṣ	kakautaṣ