wākäm

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Meaning:	“difference, distinction, superiority”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	wāki
Lexeme variants:	wākäm
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative; accusative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-Ø
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-ant

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	wākäm	wākmant
voc
acc	wākäm	wākmant
gen	wākmis
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wākäm “difference, distinction, superiority” n

  	sg	pl
  nom	wākäm	wākmant
  acc	wākäm	wākmant
  gen	wākmis

  • wākmats “distinguished”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	wākmats	wākmatsi	wākmtse
    acc	wākmatsäṃ			wākmtsaṃ

    • wākmtsune “excellence” n

      	sg
      nom	wākmtsune
      acc	wākmtsune

Occurrences

wākäm

1	A 12 b5	śoll ats cami ;	wākäm	ṣeṣ : 1 ॥
2	A 43 and 52 b3	prattikaptāñktasaśśäl mā ṣyaktsumänt plyab3skeṃṣiṃ	wākäm	yneś /// /// ṅkatsi
3	A 81 a4	ṣakk atsek ñi cam	wākäm	lkātsi ṣeṣ /// a5
4	A 214 b1	/// rṣṣältsuneyo kaknu wrasomṣi	wākäm	kus ne taṃne – –
5	A 253 a8	pälkār pracar meträkyāp parnoreṣi	wākäm	caṣ ॥ apratitulyenaṃ ॥
6	YQ II.1 b3	tsraṣṣune wärṣṣältsuneyo kaknu wrasomṣi	wāb4(käm)	(kus) (ne) (taṃne) (wäknumināṃ)
7	YQ III.3 b5	kub5(sne) /// (ā)rkiśoṣṣaṃ kāswoneṣi	wākäm	ṣeṣ • säm pkā-k
8	YQ III.10 a4	/// (ā)lās ālam wcanäṣ	wākäm	n-äm ॥ ptāñkät käṣṣi