pkarsas

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Meaning:	“to know, understand, recognize”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	kärsā-
Lexeme variants:	pkarsas; pkärso; pkarsaso
Person:	second
Number:	plural
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	1
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pkārsa, pkārsa-ñ	pkarsas
3

Lexeme family

• kärsā-
  • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv
    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.prs6

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	kärsänau	kärsanam
      2	kärsanat
      3	kärsanaṃ	kärsanoyeṃ	kärsanatär	kärsanantär

      • kärsanalle “knowing, understanding” part.prs6

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	kärsanalle	kärsanalya

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.subj5

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid
      1	karsoym, kārsau, kārsau-ne
      2	kārsāt
      3	karsoy, kārsaṃ	karsoyeṃ	kärsoytär, karsatär

      • karsatsi “to know, understand, recognize” inf.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsatsi
        acc	karsatsi
        all	karsatsiśc

      • karsalñe “to know, understand, recognize” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	karsalñe
        acc	karsalñe
        perl	karsalñesa

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act	sg.mid	pl.mid
      1	śärsāwa, śärsāwa-ne
      2	śärsāsta
      3	śarsa, śärsā-ñ, śirsā-me	śärsāre	kärsāte-ne	kärsānte

      • kärsau “having understood, known” part.pret1

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	kärsoṣ, kärsau	kärsoṣ
        acc	kärsoṣ	kärsoṣ

        • kärsor “understanding” abstr.pret1

          	sg
          nom	kärsor
          acc	kärsor
          abl	kärsormeṃ

    • kärsā- “to know, understand, recognize” gv.imp1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	pkārsa, pkārsa-ñ	pkarsas

  • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus
    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.prs9b

      	sg.act	pl.act
      1	śarsäskau
      2		śarsäṣṣicer
      3	śarsäṣṣäṃ-ne	śarsäskeṃ-ne

      • śarsaṣṣäle “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” part.prs9b

        	sg.m
        nom	śarsaṣṣäle

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.subj9b

      	sg.act
      3	śarsäṣṣi

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      2	śārsasta-ne
      3	śārsa, śārsa-me	śārsare-ne

    • kärs- “to make know(n), make recognize, announce” kaus.imp1

      	sg.mid
      2	karsar, karsar-me

Occurrences

pkärso

1

THT 284 b7

nesäṃ ; aleksa :

pkärso

maimäñci ; pikāt

pkarsaso

1	IOL Toch 306 a1	pittaṣṣepi kwaṃrmatse nauṣ ṣotri	pkarsaso	• laṃtse koyne ṣek
2	IOL Toch 306 a3	sosoyusa kektseñe mäsketä(r-n)e ///	(pkarsa)a4so	kwärmatse leśpaṣṣepi ॥ ñake
3	THT 13 b6	/// b6 ///	pkarsaso	: palk(as) /// b7
4	THT 365 a7	; – /// 11σ	(pka)b1rsaso	(m)änt nai ; ptänmameṃ

pkarsas

1	IOL Toch 65 a2	/// a2 /// ·airpoṣ	pkarsas	– /// a3 ///
2	PK NS 266A a1	a1 /// ersatai	pkarsas	r· /// a2 ///
3	SHT 768.2 a17	indr(a)s(e){ne}ntse pelkeṃ paikām ceṃ	pkarsas	॥
4	THT 11 a6	a6 ; nāki	pkarsas	80-8 nanw= alyeko ;
5	THT 13 a6	a6 /// (ko)klentse ceu	pkarsas	/// a7 /// ntaṃ
6	THT 16 b7	; ce yes ā(rth)	(pkarsas)	; (ṣe) (waikesa) ;
7	THT 18 a3	; (ce) (ye)s ārth	pkarsas	; ṣe a4
8	THT 41 a4	; kuśalamūltse ; te	pkarsas	• īme no maiy;ya
9	THT 41 b7	; stamäṣlñe ; yentets	pkarsas	20-1 etswai palkal;ñe yenteṃ
10	THT 44 b4	50(-8) /// /// k(le)śanma	pkarsas	känt= oktä : lakle