kowän

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Meaning:	“to destroy, kill”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	ko-
Lexeme variants:	kowän
Person:	third
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	subjunctive
Root character:	non-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-full
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2
3	kowän

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

kowän

1

THT 29 b8

srau /// b8 ///

kowän

lwāsa ṣlyamñana ynamñana nau