akwam-pere
Tocharian B
Etymology
From akwam (“sprout”) + pere (“stalk”). This phrase was assumedly used so much that the two words were merged.
Noun
akwam-pere ?
- sprout and stalk
Further reading
- Adams, Douglas Q. (2013), “akwam-pere”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 4