wākisa

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Meaning:	“difference, distinction, superiority”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	wākäm
Lexeme variants:	wākisa
Number:	singular
Case:	perlative
Gender:	alternating
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-i
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-i
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-anma

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	wāki
voc
acc	wāki
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl	wākimeṃ
perl	wākisa
all
caus

Lexeme family

• wāki “difference, distinction, superiority” n

  	sg
  nom	wāki
  acc	wāki
  abl	wākimeṃ
  perl	wākisa

  • wakitse “distinguished, distinctive, excellent”

    	sg.m	pl.m	pl.f
    nom	wakitse	wakici	wakitsana
    acc	wakice	wakiceṃ	wakitsana

    • wakitsäññe “distinction, excellence” msg

      	sg
      nom	wakitsäññe
      loc	wakitsäññene

Occurrences

wākisa

1	IOL Toch 6 b4	/// b4 °vi p(r)eśś(iya)ntse	wākisa	no tane w(ā)ki (kä)lpāstä(r)
2	IOL Toch 6 b5	– yamalñe – preśśiyantse	wākisa	no tane wāki kälpāsträ
3	IOL Toch 76 a5	/// (po)stäṃ laktse tāka	wākisa	no ṣpä su du°
4	IOL Toch 78 a3	°ltsi skāyoy su papāṣṣoṣmeṃ	wākisa	ṣañ añ(mä) /// a4
5	IOL Toch 179 b1	b1 krenta yāmornta mantāre	wākis(a)	ṣpä ents(e) /// b2