wäm-
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Tocharian B[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adams compares Ancient Greek δύω (dúō) and Sanskrit उपादुत्य (upādutya, “[that which] is to be put on”), from Proto-Indo-European *dw-em-, perhaps by enlargement from *deH-.
Verb[edit]
wäm-
- (transitive) disappear
- (434b5C/L) :
- ne ᵤmāñca kauntse maiyyā·e
- ‘of the setting sun; powerful ...’ or ‘... the one who covers the power of the sun ...’
- ne ᵤmāñca kauntse maiyyā·e
- (participle) covered
- (282a4A) :
- śaiṣṣe se kleśanmaṣṣai wämyu räskre kāswasā : aṅkaiṃ placsa sewīträ atkwal ṣpä
- ‘This world is roughly covered by the loeprosy [?] of kleśas and because of false speech it sew’s with atkwal’
- śaiṣṣe se kleśanmaṣṣai wämyu räskre kāswasā : aṅkaiṃ placsa sewīträ atkwal ṣpä
See also[edit]
- wi- (“frighten”)
References[edit]
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN