˚- speech, voice, talk; only in cpd. -karaṇa talk, speaking conversation, as kālyāṇa-vāk-karaṇa good speech AN.ii.97; AN.iii.195, AN.iii.261; AN.iv.296 sq.; AN.iv.328; AN.v.155; abstr -ta AN.i.38. Cp. vākya.

Vedic vāc, for which the usual P. form is vācā