Vāk (°—) [Vedic vāc, for which the usual Pāli form is vācā] speech, voice, talk; only in compound °karaṇa talk, speaking, conversation, as kālyāṇa-vāk-karaṇa good speech A II 97; III 195, 261; IV 296 f.; 328; V 155; abstract °ta A I 38. Cf. vākya. [BD]: vocalization