putkālune

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Meaning:	Carling and Pinault 2023: “separation”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Lexeme variants:	putkālune

Number:	singular
Stem:	subjunctive
Stem class:	5
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ntu

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	putkālune
voc
acc	putkālune
gen
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

putkālune

1	A 384 a3	yo rtha : kärsālune	putkālune	käryāṣlune tanne wkänyo kus
2	A 426 b3	: ॥ vivekasu – – – –	putkālune	b4 /// labdhaprasarayā ///
3	A 454 a4	• avipaṃcita • sne	putkālune	/// a5 /// yṣitseyaṃ
4	YQ III.8 b5	el träṅkträ ॥ sne	putkālune	pältsäkyo ṣāb6(mañi) /// kälymeyā
5	YQ III.10 a6	punerāpnawatti ṣolāraṃ p_ukaṃ sne	putkālune	a7 /// ॥ pudgalik

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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