ptsok

Cite this page as:	"ptsok". 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_ptsok (accessed 17 Jan. 2026).
Meaning:	“to drink” Carling and Pinault 2023: “suck (out)”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	tsukā-
Lexeme variants:	ptsok
Person:	second
Number:	singular
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	ptsok
3

Lexeme family

• tsukā-
  • tsukā- “suck (out)” “to drink” gv
    • tsukā- “suck (out)” “to drink” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      1	tsokam

    • tsukā- “suck (out)” “to drink” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	śuk

      • tsuko “suck (out)” “to drink” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	tsuko

    • tsukā- “suck (out)” “to drink” gv.imp1

      	sg.act
      2	ptsok

Occurrences

ptsok

1	A 96 a4	tu penu cam yokat	ptsok	caṣ wär ॥ tämyo
2	A 263 b2	ālak św· /// b2	ptsok	wakal parmā ñi paṣ

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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