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

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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