yokai

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Meaning:	“thirst, desire”
Word class:	noun
Language:	TB
Equivalent in TA:	yoke
Lexeme variants:	yokai
Number:	singular
Case:	accusative
Gender:	feminine
Inflection class:
Nom. sg. (masc.):	-iye; -o
Obl. sg. (masc.):	-ai
Nom. pl. (masc.):	-aiñ

Paradigm

	sg	pl	du
nom	yoko, yokīye
voc
acc	yokai	yokaiṃ
gen
loc
comit
inst
abl
perl	yokaisa
all		yokainäśc
caus

Lexeme family

• yok-
  • yoko “thirst, desire” f

    	sg	pl
    nom	yoko, yokīye
    acc	yokai	yokaiṃ
    perl	yokaisa
    all		yokainäśc

    • yokaitse “thirsty”

      	sg.m
      nom	yokaitse

  • yok- “to drink” gv
    • yokänta “drinker”

      	sg	pl
      nom	yokänta	yokäntañ

    • yok- “to drink” gv.prs1

      	sg.act
      2	yokt
      3	yokäṃ, yokan-me

      • yokalle “to be drunk” part.prs1

        	sg.m
        nom	yokalle

      • yokamane “drinking” part.prs1

        	sg.m	sg.f	pl.m	pl.f
        nom	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane
        acc	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane	yokamane

    • yok- “to drink” gv.subj1

      	sg.act
      1	yoku, yoku-c

      • yoktsi “drinking, drink” inf.n.subj1

        	sg	pl
        nom	yoktsi	yoktsanma
        acc	yoktsi	yoktsanma
        loc	yoktsine
        perl	yoktsisa

      • yokalyñe “drinking” abstr.n.subj1

        	sg
        nom	yokalyñe
        acc	yokalyñe
        abl	yokalyñemeṃ

    • yok- “to drink” gv.pret6

      	sg.act
      3	yāś, yaśa-c

Occurrences

yokai

1	IOL Toch 267 a1	a1 ///	yokai	/// a2 /// pūdñäktentse
2	IOL Toch 307 b6	; kars(t)oym{†ä} ñiś ;	yokai	kleśo : nano camel
3	PK AS 4A a2	; karsoym ñiś ;	yokai	kleśo nano camel ;
4	PK AS 19.13.X a4	a4 °skenträ cai śuwaṃ	yokai	tumeṃ śauśaṃ-me – – – ///
5	PK NS 28 b5	; (ka)b5(r)st(oym) ñ(i)ś{†ä} ;	yokai	kleśo : nano camel
6	THT 11 b1	b1 kanma ;	yo(k)ai	kleśmeṃ ; tseṅkenträ ;
7	THT 3485 a3	y· /// a3 ///	yokai	eṅk· /// b1 ///