kokale
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Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *kuk(ä)le (whence also Tocharian A kukäl), from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, a form of *kʷel- (“to turn”) (compare klutk- (“to turn”)). Cognate with English wheel, Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos), Lithuanian kaklas (“neck”), etc.
Noun
kokale m
- wagon, cart
- Synonym: *amäkṣa
- Ṣem kautāte koklentse waiptār pwenta käskānte.
- The wagon's axle broke and the spokes were hurled apart.
Derived terms
- kokaletstse (“charioteer, carter”)
- kokalpänta (“wagonmaster”)
- kokalyiśke (“small wagon, cart”) (diminutive)
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kokale”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 214
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