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Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *oktänte (whence also Tocharian A oktänt), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw-o-, from *oḱtṓw (“eight”). Compare okt (“eight”).
Adjective
oktante
- eighth
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “oktante”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 116