kokale

Tocharian B

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

1. 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