watkal

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Meaning:	“decision”; “(adv.) decisively”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Lexeme variants:	watkal; wätkal
Number:	singular
Case:	nominative

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	watkal
voc
acc
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl
all
caus

Lexeme family

• watkal “decision” “(adv.) decisively”

  	sg
  nom	watkal

  • wätkāltse “different” “forceful, resolute”

    	sg.m	pl.m
    nom	wätkāltse
    acc	wätkālyce	wätkālyceṃ

    • wätkāltsäññe “difference”

      	sg
      nom	wätkāltsäññe

Occurrences

watkal

1	IOL Toch 131 a3	epīyac klāmai ānandi ṣp	watkal	weṣṣeñca pañäkteṃtse reki tusa
2	IOL Toch 406 b3	/// (wa)lo weṣṣäṃ •	watkal	ketwe os·a /// b4
3	THT 1637.b a3	/// a3 /// ntse	watkal	·añ /// a4 ///

wätkal

1	THT 229 a5	– – ; – rsoym	wätkal	; aräṃntsa : saṃsāb1rṣṣana
2	THT 281 b3	– läṣ;ṣaitsy ānaiśai ;	wätkal	preke : kälṣämñeṣṣe ;