pwik

Cite this page as:	"pwik". 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_pwik (accessed 09 Mar. 2026).
Meaning:	“to drive out, remove” Carling and Pinault 2023: “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away”
Word class:	verb
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	wik-
Lexeme variants:	pwik
Person:	second
Number:	singular
Tense/Mood:	imperative
Root character:	alt-a-character
Internal root vowel:	vowel-schwa
Stem:	imperative
Stem class:	2
Valency:	transitive
Voice:	active

Paradigm

	sg.act	pl.act	du.act	sg.mid	pl.mid	du.mid
1
2	pwik, pwikā-m
3

Lexeme family

• wikā-
  • wik- “to avoid” agv
    • wik- “to avoid” agv.prs8

      	sg.act
      2	wikäṣt
      3	wikäṣ

  • wik- “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus
    • wik- “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus.prs8

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	wikṣā, wikäṣ, wikäṣṣ-äṃ	wikseñc

      • wikṣant “driving out, removing” ptcp.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f
        nom	wikṣant	wikṣant

      • wikäsmāṃ “driving out, removing” part.prs8

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ
        acc	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ	wikäsmāṃ

      • wikäṣäl “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” part.prs8
      • wikässi “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” inf.n.prs8

        	sg
        nom	wikässi
        acc	wikässi

    • wik- “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus.subj9

      	sg.act
      1	wikāsam
      3	wikāṣ, wikāṣṣ-äṃ

      • wikāṣlune “driving out, removing” abstr.n.subj9

        	sg
        nom	wikāṣlune
        acc	wikāṣlune

      • wikāṣäl “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” part.subj9

        	sg.m
        nom	wikāṣäl

    • wik- “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus.pret2

      	sg.act	pl.act
      3	wawik	wawikār-äṃ

    • wik_kaus_pret3 “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus.pret3

      	sg.act
      3	wekäs

      • wawiku “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” part.pret3

        	sg.m	pl.m
        nom	wawiku	wawikuṣ

        • wawikur “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” abstr.pret3

          	sg
          abl	wawikuräṣ

    • wik- “to cause to disappear, drive out, drive away” “to drive out, remove” kaus.imp2

      	sg.act
      2	pwik, pwikā-m

  • wikā- “(itr.) to disappear” gv
    • wikā- “(itr.) to disappear” gv.prs3

      	sg.mid	pl.mid
      3	wikatär	wikantär

    • wikā- “(itr.) to disappear” gv.subj5

      	sg.act
      3	wekaṣ, wekaṣ-ñi

      • wikālune “disappearance, relinquishing” abstr.n.subj5

        	sg
        nom	wikālune
        acc	wikālune
        loc	wikāluneyaṃ

    • wikā- “(itr.) to disappear” gv.pret1

      	sg.act
      3	wikā-m

      • wiko “(itr.) to disappear” part.pret1

        	sg.m
        nom	wiko

Bibliography

Carling and Pinault 2023

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