kautsi

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Meaning:	“killing, to kill”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	kautsi; kautsy
Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	kautsi
voc
acc	kautsi
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all	kautsiśc
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

kautsi

1	IOL Toch 874 b3	/// ṣäp pk(ā)t(e)	kautsi	kca śe /// b4
2	THT 28 b2	tem·· ; ṣuktante mā	kautsi	yā – (:) toṃ
3	THT 44 a2	śak kauṃ ; lwāsa	kautsi	nauṣ ; mā campi
4	THT 44 a3	ṣaṃṣl auntsate ; lwāsa	kautsi	su ; artsa kauṃ
5	THT 63 a1	te(mtsa)te : śem-neś śerwe	kautsi	weñi ; so··n· ///
6	THT 94 b3	b3 mai nta brāhmaṇeṃ	kautsi	wa° /// (candra)b4mukhe walo
7	THT 266 b3	ṣeme kṣaṃn ra (:)	kautsi	pyāktsi skāratsi pär··
8	THT 343 b5	/// mtä ñäś twe	kautsi	pä /// b6 ///
9	THT 1185 a3	20-5 /// a3 ///	kautsi	kä ·e /// b1
10	THT 1445 a3	kā a3 /// ·āś	kautsi	o – bo ·na
11	THT 1616.e a2	a2 /// – luwa	kau(tsi)	/// a3 /// kārpasträ
12	THT 2344 a1	wa tä skā yaṃ	kautsi	• s·a ·i ·e
13	THT 3112 b3	b3 /// – ś	kautsi

kautsy

1

THT 3 b5

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