kawar
| Cite this page as: | "kawar". 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_kawar (accessed 16 Jun. 2026). |
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| Meaning: | “to destroy, kill” |
| Word class: | verb |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | ko- |
| Lexeme variants: | kawar |
| Person: | third |
| Number: | plural |
| Tense/Mood: | preterite |
| Root character: | non-a-character |
| Internal root vowel: | vowel-full |
| Stem: | preterite |
| Stem class: | 3 |
| Valency: | transitive |
| Voice: | active |
Paradigm
| sg.act | pl.act | du.act | sg.mid | pl.mid | du.mid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kauwa | kawam | ||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 3 | kausa, kausa-ñ | kawar |
Lexeme family
- kau-
- kau- “to make kill (?)” kaus
- 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
- kauṣalle “to be killed”
part.prs8
- kau- “to destroy, kill”
gv.subj1
sg.act 3 kowän - 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
- kakāwu “to destroy, kill”
part.pret3
- kauṣenta “killer, murderer”
agnt.m/f
Occurrences
kawar
| 1 | IOL Toch 214 a4 | eṅweṃ su-k cī ṣerpsa | kawa(r) | śerwi /// a5 /// |
