oktante

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Meaning:	“eighth”
Word class:	adjective
Word subclass:	ordinal
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	oktänt
Lexeme variants:	oktante
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative
Gender:	masculine

Paradigm

	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f	du.m	du.f
nom	oktante
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• okt “eight”
  • oktante “eighth”

    	sg.m
    nom	oktante

  • oktār “by eights”
  • oktatse “eightfold”

    	sg.m	sg.f
    nom	oktatse
    acc	oktace	oktatsai

  • oktale Name in administrative records m

    	sg
    nom	oktale

  • oktaśke Name of a festival m

    	sg
    nom	oktaśke
    loc	oktaśkene

    • oktaśkeṣṣe “pertaining to the festival called <i>oktaśke*</i>”

      	sg.m
      nom	oktaśkeṣṣe
      acc	oktaśkeṣṣe

  • oktaṅka “eighty”
    • oktaṅkar “by eighties”

Occurrences

oktante

1	IOL Toch 187 b4	• mäkte sunakṣatre walo	ok(t)ante	pāke śarīrnta kalpa tāw
2	Kizil WD-II-7 b4	towa 5 b4 meñe	oktante	– – – res ś(e)śu śātr(e)
3	Kz-225-YD-W-23 a1	śtartte piṅkte ṣkatsäste ṣuktante	oktante	ñunte śkante a2 yme
4	PK DA M 507.8 a5	2 a5 meñe	oktante	saṅkantse śeśusa ysāre cāk
5	PK DA M 507.8 a5	towä 2 a5 meñe	oktante	saṅkantse śeśusa ysāre cāk
6	PK DA M 507.41 a7	cā /// a7 meñe	oktante	saṅkantse śeśu saṅkantse śeśu
7	PK DA M 507.41 a7	/// a7 meñe	oktante	saṅkatse śeśu saṅkatse śeśu
8	THT 112 b5	/// 7 kalymisa ompalskoññe	oktante	(8) /// b6 ///
9	THT 433 a9	ślacaṃndre /// a9 meñe	o(kta)nte	a10 meñe meṅkine massa
10	THT 459 a9	a8 (c)i(natyut)i(nts)e (kapc)i a9	(okta)nte	meñe āra /// ///
11	ГА 1175 a2	a2 rco cce ne	o(k)t(ante)	/// a3 – ntikiñe