potkes

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Meaning:	“hand, paw” Carling and Pinault 2023: “tax, tribute”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	pautke
Lexeme variants:	potkes

Number:	singular
Case:	genitive
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

Occurrences

potkes

1

pättāññä /// a5 ///

·o /// b1 ///

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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