potäk

Cite this page as:	"potäk". 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_potäk (accessed 22 Jan. 2026).
Meaning:	“hand, paw” Carling and Pinault 2023: “tax, tribute”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	pautke
Lexeme variants:	potäk
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	potäk
voc
acc	potäk
gen	potkes
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• putkā-
  • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv
    • potäk “tax, tribute” “hand, paw” m
      • potäk(2) “in extension, at length”
    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.prs7

      	sg.act	pl.mid
      3	putäṅkāṣ	pūtäṅkāntär

      • pūtäṅkātsi “to divide, separate, distinguish” inf.n.prs7

        	sg
        nom	pūtäṅkātsi
        acc	pūtäṅkātsi

    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	potkam

      • putkālune “separation” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	putkālune
        acc	putkālune

    • putkā- “to divide, separate, distinguish” gv.pret1

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	putäk	potkar

      • putko “to divide, separate, distinguish” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	putko

        • putkor “to divide, separate, distinguish” abstr.n.pret1

          	sg
          perl	putkorā

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

Carling, Gerd, and Georges-Jean Pinault. 2023. Dictionary and thesaurus of Tocharian A. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.