pik_ul

Cite this page as:	"pikul". 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_A_pUkäl (accessed 04 Dec. 2025).
Meaning:	“year”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	pikul
Lexeme variants:	pikul; pukul; pkul
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	feminine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	pikul	puklā
voc
acc	pikul	puklā
gen	puklākis
loc	pūklaṃ	puklākaṃ
comit
inst		puklāyo
abl
perl		puklākā
all
caus

Lexeme family

• p_ukäl “year” f

  	sg	pl
  nom	pikul	puklā
  acc	pikul	puklā
  gen	puklākis
  loc	pūklaṃ	puklākaṃ
  inst		puklāyo
  perl		puklākā

  • puklyi “of X years”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m
    nom	puklyi		puklyiñi
    acc			puklyinäs
    gen		pukälye	puklyinäśśi
    abl		pukliyäṣ

Occurrences

pkul

1	A 215 a2	/// (śäk) w(e) pi	pkul	; wsā elant ;
2	THT 1487 a3	/// a3 /// wiki	pkul	lyäm āsān(aṃ) /// a4
3	THT 1487 b2	/// b2 /// (pa)ñ	pkul	iśai yāmtsāt-äm : ///

p_ukul

1	A 96 b2	tosämyo b2 /// śtwar	pukul	toṃtyo śäktālyuntyo talke yāmiṣ
2	YQ I.6 b1	: śäk we pi	pukul	; wsā elant ;
3	YQ I.9 a6	riṣakäśśi märkampal papräṅkuräṣ ṣäk	pukul	māski pāa7(ṣläṃ) /// (na)ndāṃ