wcā

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Meaning:	“second”
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	ordinal
Language:	TA
Equivalent in TB:	wate
Lexeme variants:	wcā; wcanā
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	wät	wci
voc
acc	wäc	wäccāṃ	wces
gen	wcanis
loc	wcanaṃ, wcanan-äkk
comit	wcaśśäl
inst
abl	wcäṣ
perl	wcā
all	wcac
caus

Lexeme family

• wät “second”
  • wces “better”

    	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	wces	wces	wces	wces
    acc	wces	wces	wces	wces

  • wtaṣ “a second time”
  • wtā “again”
  • wtākot “again indeed”

Occurrences

wcanā

1

A 186 a3

ryā weśäl weśäl ālam

wcanā

sāsey· /// a4 ///

wcā

1	A 73 a2	pälkoräṣ weyeṃ nāṃtsunt ālam	wcā	se(s)m(āṃ) ā a3
2	A 331 b5	/// s·nn oki ālam	wcā	puk /// b6 ///